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BAKER v. PACIFIC FAR EAST LINES, INC.

No. C-76-1555 WHO.

451 F.Supp. 84 (1978)

Dwain B. BAKER, Plaintiff, v. PACIFIC FAR EAST LINES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

April 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton L. Silvers, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

George M. Perrochet, John Shea Pierce, Acret & Perrochet, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant.

OPINION

ORRICK, District Judge.

This case poses the important question whether a person performing the duties of a longshoreman, after passage of the 1972 Amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. ("LHWCA"), may maintain a negligence action against his employer (who also happens to be the vessel owner) to recover damages for injuries incurred during the course of employment. This question of...

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