Legal Opinion
Douglas A. Bullis v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, a Delaware Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1973No. 72-1211PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellants sued their employer to recover damages for burns sustained in a fire. The fire occurred on board a mock-up vessel used by Twentieth Century-Fox Film. Corporation in the filming of the movie “TORA! TORA! TORA!” The mock-up had been constructed upon three floating barges and was designed to resemble the battleships USS Nevada and USS Arizona. About March 12, 1969, the defendant moved the mock-up from the shipyard where it was built to the vicinity of Ford Island at Pearl Harbor. It remained in that area until early May, 1969, when it was dismantled.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Offshore Co. v. RobisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Don W. Kathriner v. Unisea, Inc., a Washington CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- The Estate of Kenneth Wenzel by Its Special Administrator Winston Mirikitani, Edward Wenzel and Anna M. Steinberg v. Seaward Marine Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Byron Gizoni v. Southwest Marine, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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