Court of Appeals of Oregon April 5, 1989, A8509-05722; CA A44520 (Watson v. Puget Sound Tug & Barge Co.)

NEWMAN, J.

Plaintiff1 sued to recover for an occupational disease that he alleged that he had acquired during his work for defendants as a deckhand on tugboats and barges. The court submitted two bases of liability to the jury: negligence under the Jones Act, 46 USC § 688, and unseaworthiness under general maritime law. Defendants asserted the affirmative defense of contributory negligence.