Legal Opinion
Scurlock v. American President Lines, Ltd.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided May 7, 1958No. 27656PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OLIVER J. CARTER, District Judge.
This action was commenced in the Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the City and County of San Francisco, by plaintiff, a longshoreman, against the defendant American President Lines, Ltd., as shipowner, and others, seeking damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained on board the S.S. President Hoover while the vessel was in berth at the Oakland Army Base in San Francisco Bay.
The complaint asserts two claims for relief: (a) for breach of the implied maritime warranty of seaworthiness of the vessel, claimed to have been the proximate…
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