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OLLESTAD v. GREENVILLE S.S. CORP.

No. 83-3565.

738 F.2d 1049 (1984)

Gilbert OLLESTAD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GREENVILLE STEAMSHIP CORP., and Tokyo Shipping Co., Ltd., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Smith, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ronald Bliss, Bradbury, Bliss & Riordan, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellants.

Before WRIGHT, ANDERSON and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Greenville Steamship and Tokyo Shipping ("Greenville") appeal from a judgment awarding Ollestad damages for an injury he sustained while climbing over a boomrest that was blocking a passageway on Greenville's ship. Greenville complains that the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the shipowner's duty of care to longshoremen. We affirm.

FACTS

Ollestad was a member of a longshore gang engaged to load lumber...

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