OPINION
MOTLEY, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Ellis Leroy Clark, an independent river pilot on the Columbia River near Portland, Oregon, has brought this action for injuries sustained while disembarking from the M/V Oceanus Campaigner onto a barge floating alongside. Plaintiff claims that his injuries were caused by a defectively arranged Jacob's or pilot's ladder which unfurled suddenly, throwing him onto the deck of the tug some fifteen feet below. Plaintiff...
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