Hardaway Constructors, Inc. v. Browning

Benham, Judge.

Appellee’s decedent was killed while employed by appellant as a supervisor on a bridge construction project spanning a portion of the Gulf of Mexico near Destín, Florida. Appellee’s predecessor filed suit against appellant under, among other theories, the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 USCA § 901 et seq., alleging that appellant’s negligent operation of one of its vessels was the proximate cause of the decedent’s death. See 33 USCA § 905 (b). After the appeals of various pretrial motions were exhausted (see 161 Ga. App. 73 (289 SE2d 268) (1982) (U. S.…