Wood v. Walton

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILLIAM D. QUARLES, JR., District Judge.

Joseph Wood sued Dean Walton and KMGP Services Company, Inc. (“KMGP”) for negligence, and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) for breach of contract. For the following reasons, KMGP’s motion for summary judgment will be granted in part and denied in part.1

1. Background2

KMGP operates a Baltimore facility that unloads cargo ships for a steel mill. Len *497Crescenzo Dep. 8:16-9:2, Sept. 1, 2010. In summer 2008, KMGP hired Walton, a Louisiana citizen, as a temporary crane operator in Baltimore. Dean Walton Dep.…