Legal Opinion
Petterson v. Alaska S. S. Co., Inc
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1953No. 13268_1PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal in admiralty from a decree of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Northern Division, denying recovery by'Petter-son, a stevedore, against Alaska Steamship Company, Inc., hereafter the Owner, for injuries received on the Owner’s steamship Susitna claimed to be caused by the ship’s unseaworthiness. The question presented is whether a vessel’s owner is liable for injuries received by an employee of a steve-doring company (an independent contractor) on board ship while engaged in the loading of the ship where the injuries…
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