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BROWN v. WESTFAL-LARSEN CO.

235 Or. 64 (1963)

383 P.2d 1003

BROWN v. WESTFAL-LARSEN AND CO.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Affirmed July 15, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lofton L. Tatum, Portland, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Wood, Wood, Tatum, Mosser & Brooke, Portland.

Philip A. Levin, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Frank H. Pozzi and Pozzi, Levin & Wilson, Portland.

Before McALLISTER, Chief Justice, and PERRY, SLOAN, GOODWIN and LUSK, Justices.

AFFIRMED.

GOODWIN, J.

The defendant shipowners appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, a stevedore, who was injured while loading a ship.

The question in this case is whether a jury could properly find that the ship was unseaworthy within the meaning of the law relating to the liability of shipowners to longshoremen.

1. A shipowner owes an absolute, nondelegable duty to workmen loading and unloading its vessel to furnish a seaworthy ship...

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