Court Opinion

ID: 9790056
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:45:41.19151+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:17:40.360654
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GILLETTE, P. J.,
dissenting.
The majority says (65 Or App at 392):
«* * * ia¿¿er js an integral part of the dock and cannot be considered as an appurtenance of the ship.* * *”
With respect, I disagree. The ladder is as much an appurtenance of the ship as is any other gangway, whether that gangway is affixed to the shore and extended to the ship, or affixed to the ship and extended to the shore. Despite its verticality and its rigorous attachment to the dock, this ladder is just another gangway. I would find the accident on this ladder, as is true of an accident on any other gangway, to be within admiralty jurisdiction.
I respectfully dissent.