Legal Opinion
Bachtel v. Mammoth Bulk Carriers, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 20, 1979No. Nos. 77-3645, 77-3043PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:
Mammoth Bulk Carriers [Mammoth] appeals from a judgment entered in an action prosecuted by appellee James D. Bachtel and his wife for personal injuries sustained by him when he fell to the dock from a logload on the deck of the M/S MAMMOTH-FIR, a vessel owned by Mammoth. Bachtel was employed as a longshoreman by Twin Harbor Stevedoring Co., a stevedore engaged in loading logs on board the vessel. After a trial by jury, a judgment was entered in favor of the Bachtels. Before verdict, the stevedore company intervened pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 933 and asserted a lien…
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