Springle v. Cottrell Engineering Corp.

We have before us cross-appeals from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County on an action by Gene Springle. Mr. Springle was a seaman who claims to have been injured while serving aboard the dredge “Richmond”, and he sued the owner of the dredge (Cottrell Engineering Corporation) because of its failure to provide him with maintenance and cure. 1 The threshold question arises from appellee’s cross-appeal; that is, whether the court had jurisdiction to entertain this action in the first place (or, more precisely, whether the court erred in denying its motion raising…