CLOSE v. ANDERSON

No. C75-217B.

442 F.Supp. 14 (1977)

Donald W. CLOSE and American Home Assurance Company, Plaintiffs, v. Vincent ANDERSON d/b/a Vince Anderson Barge Company, in personam, and the M/V J. S. POLHEMUS, her engines, tackle, apparel, furniture and equipment, and the BARGE MLC, in rem, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. BURGESS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Washington, Seattle Division.

October 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan L. MacDougall, Madden & Poliak, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs.

Martin P. Detels, Jr., Detels, Draper & Marinkovich, Seattle, Wash., for third party defendant.

Robert L. Brousseau, Walsh & Margolis, Seattle, Wash., for defendants and third party plaintiffs.


BEEKS, District Judge:

This is an action for damages suffered by plaintiff (Close) when two reels of armored cable were damaged during transport from Bellingham, Washington to a project on which Close was working in Snettisham, Alaska. The principal issue concerns the condition of the reels upon which the cable was wound at the time it was delivered to Anderson. The issue of damages has been bifurcated.

Close was a subcontractor on the Snettisham hydroelectric...

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