Tuerpe v. Polmar Fisheries, Inc.

95 F.3d 1158 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Vincent E. TUERPE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. POLMAR FISHERIES, INC.; Polmar, Inc.; Northland Fisheries, Inc.; Arctic Alaska Fisheries, Corp., dba Polar Wind Joint Venture; POLAR WIND, F/V, O.N., Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-35850. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 6, 1996. * Decided Aug. 8, 1996. Before: GOODWIN, BRUNETTI, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Appellant Vincent Tuerpe was employed as a fish processor/deckhand on the F/V Polar Wind. He claims that he was injured by a filleting knife that went through his hand while he attempted to climb over a fish processing table. He filed suit against appellees alleging that the F/V Polar Wind was unseaworthy, the employees were negligent in leaving filleting knives on the processing table after use, and that such unseaworthiness and negligence caused his injury. 3 After a bench trial, the district court found that appellees'…