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BIRRER v. FLOTA MERCANTE GRANCOLOMBIANA

Civ. No. 73-75.

386 F.Supp. 1105 (1974)

Donald E. BIRRER, Plaintiff, v. FLOTA MERCANTE GRANCOLOMBIANA, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

December 13, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Jolles, Franklin, Bennett, Ofelt, Des Brisay & Jolles, Portland, Or., for plaintiff.

Erskine B. Wood, Wood, Wood, Tatum, Mosser & Brooke, Portland, Or., for defendant.

Pozzi, Wilson & Atchison, Portland, Or., amicus curiae on behalf of plaintiff.

Dean D. De Chaine, Miller, Anderson, Nash, Yerke & Wiener, Portland, Or., amicus curiae on behalf of defendant.

Floyd A. Fredrickson, John R. Dudrey, Fredrickson, Tassock, Weisensee, Barton & Cox, Portland, Or., amicus curiae on behalf of Brady-Hamilton Stevedore Company.

Dennis Lindsay, Carl R. Neil, Jerard S. Weigler, Robert E. Babcock, Lindsay, Nahstoll, Hart, Duncan, Dafoe & Krause, Portland, Or., amicus curiae on behalf of Master Contracting Association of the Pacific Coast, Inc.

Kenneth E. Roberts, Souther, Spaulding, Kinsey, Williamson & Schwabe, Portland Or., amicus curiae on behalf of defendant.

OPINION

SOLOMON, Judge:

This case is one of a group filed by longshoremen injured while loading or discharging cargo on or from vessels in navigable waters in Oregon.

All of the accidents occurred after the effective date of the 1972 amendments (Act of Oct. 27, 1972, Public Law 92-576, 86 Stat. 1263) to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (the LHWA), 33 U. S.C. § 901 et seq. In each case the injured longshoreman seeks the...

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