DAVIS v. MATSON NAVIGATION CO.

Docket No. 24337.

262 Cal.App.2d 25 (1968)

68 Cal. Rptr. 434

JOHN HENRY DAVIS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

May 8, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Redland & Pinney and Van H. Pinney for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Lawrence B. Haile and George H. Link for Defendant and Respondent.


SALSMAN, J.

Appellant brought this action against respondent to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by him when he slipped and fell on grease which was covered with sawdust while he was working as a longshoreman on the deck of respondent's ship, the S.S. Hawaiian Packer. At trial he dismissed his claim based on negligence, and the action then proceeded on the theory that, at the time of injury, the vessel was unseaworthy and that this condition caused appellant...

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