Carson
Carson v. Seaspan Corporation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 STEVEN CARSON, Case No. 19-cv-01551-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION TO AMEND COMPLAINT
SEASPAN CORPORATION, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 25 Defendants.
13 Plaintiff Steven Carson filed this action in the Alameda County Superior Court against Defendants CMA CGM (America) LLC, Seaspan Corporation, and Seaspan Ship Management Ltd. alleging negligence and products liability claims after he was injured loading containers onto a vessel owned by Defendants. Seaspan Corporation and Seaspan Ship Management Ltd. then removed the action to this Court based on federal diversity jurisdiction. (Dkt. No. 1.) The Court thereafter granted Homeport Insurance Company, who paid Plaintiff’s workers’ compensation benefits following the incident, leave to intervene. (Dkt. No. 20.) Plaintiff’s motion to amend the complaint to add Cargotec Oyj, MacGregor Germany GmbH, Cargotec Holding, Inc., and Cargotec Crane & Electrical Services,…