MacKenzie v. Caldwell Shipping Co.

ORDER

MELTON, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on defendants Caldwell Shipping Company and Strachan Shipping Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment. The Court has considered the legal memoranda filed by the parties and has heard oral argument on the motion.

Defendants contend that the cause of action was not instituted within the six-month period of section 933(b) of the Longshoreman’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950 (1976). Defendants rely on two decisions by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. These decisions hold that the…