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209 F. 266

Docket No. 15,423.

Christensen v. Matson Navigation Co.

California Northern District Court

Decided September 22, 1913.)

California Northern District Court · decided 1913-09-22

<p>Seamen (§§ 11, 29*)—Suit foe Injuries—Pleading.</p> <p>Exceptions sustained to a count of a libel by a seaman to recover damages for a personal injury but overruled to a count for failure to provide libelant with proper medical care and attention.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Seamen, Cent Dig. §§ 39-44, 186, 187, 188-194; Dec. Dig. §§ 11, 29.*]</p>

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 1980

2 state decisions

2 counsel of record

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Sustained in part · Decided 1913-09-22

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¶1Seamen (§§ 11, 29*)—Suit foe Injuries—Pleading.

¶2Exceptions sustained to a count of a libel by a seaman to recover damages for a personal injury but overruled to a count for failure to provide libelant with proper medical care and attention.

¶3[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Seamen, Cent Dig. §§ 39-44, 186, 187, 188-194; Dec. Dig. §§ 11, 29.*]

¶4In Admiralty. Suit by Robert H. Christensen against the Matson Navigation Company. On exceptions to libel.

¶5Sustained in part.

¶6F. R. Wall, of San Francisco, Cal., for libelant.

¶7Walter H. Linforth, of San Francisco, Cal., for libelee.

¶8DOOLING, District Judge.

¶9The libel excepted to contains two

¶10counts. The first is for damages for injuries to libelant, a seaman, alleged to have been caused throügh the negligence of the libelee, as owner of the vessel Hilonian, in sending her to sea with certain drums of gasoline unlashed upon her deck, and thereby failing to. furnish libelant á safe place in which to work. But it does not appear, nor is it the fact, that the unlashed condition of the drums of gasoline was the proximate or other cause of injury to libelant. The injury was caused by a heavy’ sea shipped in rough weather while libelant was at work under the orders of the mate endeavoring to lash the drums. But it does not appear at all that he was injured by reason of the drums being unlashed, or that the’leaving of the drums unlashed rendered his working place at all unsecure. The exceptions to the first count will be sustained.

¶11The second count is f'or failure to provide proper medical care, attention, etc., to libelant after the injury and is sufficient in form and substance. The exceptions thereto will be overruled.

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