Legal Opinion
Stevedoring Services of America v. Prudential Lines, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 19, 1986No. B015947PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EAGLESON, J.
Plaintiff Stevedoring Services of America appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered after the trial court sustained defendant Prudential Lines’s demurrer to the first amended complaint without leave to amend. The demurrer asserted that the action was barred by the statute of limitations or, alternatively, laches. We affirm.
Facts
On July 2, 1978, James Spright, a longshoreman, was injured while working on defendant’s vessel, th& Prudential Oceanjet, while it was docked in Long Beach Harbor. Spright was employed at the time by plaintiff’s predecessor in interest, Crescent…
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