Tide Water Associated Oil Co. v. Richardson

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

’ Appellee Richardson brought a libel in personam against Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Tide Water Associated Oil Company for personal injuries and loss of earning capacity arising from his fall into an unguarded hatch on the steam tanker Frank G. Drum, owned by Tide Water and undergoing repairs in the dock of the shipyard of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in San Pedro, California.

The district judge held Tide Water solely liable and awarded $29,400 damages and costs. The libel as to Bethlehem was dismissed and Richardson does not appeal from ,the decree of dismissal.…