California Court of Appeal

Because triable issues exist as to whether a pile driver aboard a barge was a "seaman," whether the channel is a "navigable waterway," and whether the barge is a "vessel in navigation," an employer was not entitled to summary judgment in claims for injury under the Jones Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/10/2002
• Published 07/31/2002

Judges

• EPSTEIN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Preston Easley, San Pedro, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Cox, Wootton, Griffin, Hansen & Poulos, Richard C. Wootton, Mitchell S. Griffin, San Francisco, and Christopher S. Kieliger, for Defendant and Respondent.