Morales v. A.C. Orssleff's EFTF

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a maritime tort action in which plaintiff-appellant Franco Morales, a San Juan harbor pilot, appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendant-ap-pellee, owner of the vessel M/V Malene. Morales seeks damages' for an injury occasioned by a fall as he was disembarking from the Malene and boarding the plaintiffs pilot boat after guiding the Malene out of San Juan Harbor. The complaint alleged that defendant was negligent for failing to “make a lee,” i.e., to turn the Malene perpendicular to the waves as requested in order to minimize pitching on the…