Legal Opinion
Soucie v. Trautwein Brothers
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 22, 1969No. Civ. 9360PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AULT, J. pro tem. *
Edward P. Soucie appeals from a judgment for defendants after a jury verdict in a personal injury action brought in the Superior Court of Orange County under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 688) and the general maritime law.
During the year 1966-1967, respondent partners were engaged in constructing a seawall at Linda Isle in Newport Harbor. They owned and operated a vessel used in building the seawall throughout the construction project. The vessel was a rigging or derrick barge which floated in the water, but had- no motive power of its own. It was not equipped with sleeping,…
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