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GRIFFITH v. WHEELING PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION

No. 75-1022.

521 F.2d 31 (1975)

Thomas W. GRIFFITH, Appellant, v. WHEELING PITTSBURGH STEEL CORPORATION and American Commercial Lines, Inc., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1975.

Certiorari Denied January 12, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Cooper, Gilardi & Cooper, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant Thomas W. Griffith.

Giles J. Gaca, John W. Jordan IV, Thomson, Rhodes & Grigsby, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant American Commercial Lines, Inc.

William S. Lerach, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and ALDISERT and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied January 12, 1976. See 96 S.Ct. 785.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents us with issues of first impression concerning the proper construction and application of the negligence remedy created by § 18(a) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act Amendments of 1972, Pub.L. No. 92-576, 86 Stat. 1263, 33 U.S.C. § 905(b), amending § 5 of the Longshoremen's and Harbor...

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