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DEWEY v. A.F. KLAVENESS & CO.

233 Or. 515 (1963)

379 P.2d 560

DEWEY v. A.F. KLAVENESS & CO.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Reargued July 2, 1962.

Reargued February 6, 1963.

Affirmed March 13, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Holden and Erskine B. Wood, Portland, argued and reargued the cause for appellant. With them on the briefs were Wood, Wood, Tatum, Mosser & Brooke, Portland.

Donald Atchison, Portland, argued the cause for respondent, and reargued on July 2, 1962; Philip A. Levin, Portland, reargued the cause on February 6, 1963. With Levin on the briefs were Pozzi, Levin & Wilson, Portland.

James H. Clarke and William M. Dale, Jr., Portland, each filed a brief as amicus curiae.

Before McALLISTER, Chief Justice, and ROSSMAN, PERRY, SLOAN, O'CONNELL, GOODWIN and DENECKE, Justices.

AFFIRMED.

SLOAN, J.

Plaintiff, a longshoreman, was injured while working aboard the vessel Bougainville. He brought this action against the owner of the vessel. The case was tried to a jury. However, both parties moved for a directed verdict. The court dismissed the jury and entered findings and judgment in favor of plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

The appeal has been argued three times. The last argument was based on the questions discussed in the concurring...

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