GAUSSOIN v. PORT OF PORTLAND

9108-04955; CA A84301.

927 P.2d 601 (1996)

144 Or. App. 247

Robin A. GAUSSOIN, Respondent, v. PORT OF PORTLAND, Defendant, Cascade General, Inc., an Oregon corporation, Appellant, Brix Maritime, a Delaware corporation, Appellant. CASCADE GENERAL, INC., an Oregon corporation, Cross-Claim Plaintiff-Cross-Claim Defendant-Respondent, v. BRIX MARITIME, a Delaware corporation, Cross-Claim Defendant-Cross-Claim Plaintiff-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl R. Neil, Portland, argued the cause for appellant Brix Maritime. With him on the briefs were Thomas E. McDermott, Robin A. Jones and Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler.

Alfred J. Rufty, III, New Orleans, LA, argued the cause for appellant and respondent Cascade General, Inc. With him on the briefs were Christopher W. Angius, Perkins Coie, Portland, Alexander N. Breckinridge IV, O'Neil, Eichin, Miller, Breckinridge & Saporito and Machale A. Miller, New Orleans, LA.

Lawrence Baron, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent Robin A. Gaussoin.

Before RIGGS, P.J., and LANDAU and LEESON, JJ.


RIGGS, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Cascade General, Inc. (Cascade), a shipyard, was performing repairs to the USNS MERCURY, an ocean-going vessel owned by the United States Navy. In carrying out its work, Cascade was required to move the MERCURY from its berth to a drydock in the Port of Portland. Plaintiff, a seaman, worked for defendant Brix Maritime (Brix) as a deck hand aboard the tug CLARKSTON, the vessel that was assisting the movement of the MERCURY. Plaintiff...

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