Hust v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc.

The plaintiff was injured on March 9, 1943, while discharging his duties as a seaman on the S. S. Mark Hanna, a “liberty ship” owned by the United States, for which the defendant Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., was general agent under a “service agreement” designated GAA 4-4-42. The defendant is a Delaware corporation with offices in Portland, Oregon. The accident occurred after the vessel had been torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean and was being towed to port. The plaintiff was ordered to go to the ship’s locker in the forepeak and bring out a mooring line. While crossing the locker room in search…