MAXWELL v. HAPAG-LLOYD AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

No. 87-4198.

862 F.2d 767 (1988)

Michael P. MAXWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAPAG-LLOYD AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, HAMBURG, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Conboy, Frank Pozzi, Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, O'Leary & Conboy, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellant.

Craig C. Murphy, Wood Tatum Mosser Brooke & Landis, Portland, Or., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWNING, TANG and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff-appellant, Michael Maxwell, was injured by a fall that allegedly occurred as a result of the wake from the ship of the defendant-appellee, Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellshaft. Maxwell contends that the trial judge should have given his requested jury instruction on presumed fault for damage caused by the wake of a moving vessel and should not have allowed as a cost under Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(d) expenses for photographic materials used by...

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