Manson v. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co.

WOOD, District Judge.

The defendant shipowner has moved alternatively to dismiss this action for personal injuries brought by the plaintiff longshoreman or for summary judgment or for a more specific complaint.

The Complaint states that on May 25, 1962, the plaintiff suffered an accident while working as a longshoreman loading cargo aboard the S/S HORACE IRVINE, a ship owned by the defendant. Paragraph 6 of the Complaint alleges, inter alia, that the defendant was careless and negligent and the ship was un-seaworthy in “Failing to provide the plaintiff with a safe and seaworthy vessel booms and…