Legal Opinion
Hill v. Knapp
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 16, 2007No. 45, September Term, 2006PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRaker, J.
Christopher Hill, appellant, was injured when a load of plywood dropped on him from a forklift while he was working on a pier in Baltimore. Hill filed a state common law negligence action against the forklift operator, appellee Daniel Knapp. The primary issue we must decide is whether the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”), 83 U.S.C. §§ 901-950, preempts a state tort claim for damages by a longshoreman against a co-employee in the “twilight zone.” We shall hold that the federal act preempts such a claim.
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On August 14, 2004, Christopher Hill, a dockworker, was on…
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