Jussila v. Sause Bros. Ocean Towing Co.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries suffered by plaintiff while working aboard the defendant’s 85-foot tug, the Honcho. A jury returned a verdict for plaintiff and defendant appeals.

The accident occurred while plaintiff was employed as first mate on defendant’s tug. The Honcho, carrying a crew of seven, was towing an empty barge from Hawaii to Oregon. The towline was a steel cable one and three-fourths inches in diameter which was wound onto a large horizontal winch mounted on the stern of the Honcho. The barge was several hundred feet astern. .

*138The master, or captain, of the…