McCOLLOCH, District Judge.
Libelant, a member of a longshore gang, was working in the hold of a vessel. The gang was stowing pipe for shipment to Saudi Arabia. A section of pipe, when laid down, started to roll. All of the gang escaped injury except libelant.
The claim was made that the ship was unseaworthy, because on a list at the time of the accident.
There was no negligence here, indeed the situation was not unusual; ships are bound to list as...
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