Chamberlain v. Shaver Transportation Co.
District Court, D. Oregon
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KILKENNY, District Judge:
Libelant, Howard Chamberlain, was employed as a mechanic for Shaver Transportation Company (Shaver), an Oregon corporation engaged primarily in inland waterway transportation in the vicinity of Portland. His normal place of duty was at Shaver’s machine shop, a converted Landing Ship Medium (LSM), afloat at the company’s Portland moorage. Libelant’s duties included repairing fuel pumps, diesel engines, and hydraulic engines, and he was considered an expert on repairing small diesel engines. Although most of his work was done at the machine shop, he and other…
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