United States Ninth Circuit

Because dock and boat owners owed a duty to longshoreman, who was injured when a boat broke free from a dock, genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether the duty was breached and whether plaintiff's injury was a forseesable result of their acts.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/09/2001
• Decided 02/01/2002
• Published 02/01/2002

Judges

• T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge., Before: HUG, T.G. NELSON, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maureen Leonard, Portland, OR, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jay W. Beattie, Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler, LLP, Craig Murphy, Wood Tatum Saunders & Murphy, and Daniel F. Knox, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, OR, for the defendants-appellees.