Legal Opinion
Richardson v. Norfolk Shipbuilding & Dry-Dock Corp.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 24, 1979No. Civ. A. 79-245-NPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CLARKE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Richardson and Swain filed a Complaint in this Court on March 1, 1979, seeking damages against Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation (hereinafter “Norfolk Shipbuilding”) for personal injuries sustained on May 4, 1978, while they were sandblasting a Navy vessel undergoing repair at defendant’s shipyard. The Complaint asserts alternative causes of action against Norfolk Shipbuilding: (1) an action as seamen under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688; and (2) if plaintiffs are not considered to be seamen, an action for “shipowner’s occasioned…
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