Legal Opinion
Jones v. Navix Line, Ltd.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided November 4, 1996No. 2:95cv1193PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MacKENZIE, Senior District Judge.
I
The plaintiff, Darrell Jones, is suing under the Longshoremen and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (“LHWCA”) for injuries he received in 1991 as a longshoreman during undocking operations on the M/V Concorde Maru. The plaintiff alleges that the accident was caused by the crew’s negligent pulling of a mooring line when it should have been slackened. The plaintiff collected compensation benefits from his employer, and in the instant suit he seeks recovery against various nonemployer defendants. Under 33 U.S.C.A. § 905(b) (1986), an injured…
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