SOLOMON, Chief Judge.
George Beeler, a longshoreman, filed a libel in personam against the owner as well as the charterer of Foss Barge 204 for injuries he sustained at Portland, Oregon, on August 27, 1961, while he was engaged in loading the barge on navigable waters of the United States.
Just prior to the accident, longshoremen were loading trailer houses on top of half-houses previously loaded on the deck of the barge. When it became necessary for libelant...
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