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CALDWELL v. BECHTEL, INC.

No. 79-1007.

631 F.2d 989 (1980)

Clem (Cleam) CALDWELL, Appellant, v. BECHTEL, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Hilton, Washington, D. C., with whom Irwin Miniberg, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellant.

Gary W. Brown, Washington, D. C., with whom James C. Gregg and Ellen A. Patterson, Washington, D. C., were on brief for appellee.

Before McGOWAN, MacKINNON and WALD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

We are here concerned with a claim for damages by a worker who allegedly contracted silicosis while he was mucking in a tunnel under construction as part of the metropolitan subway system. The basic issue is whether a consultant engineering firm owed the worker a duty to protect him against unreasonable risk of harm.

The Shea-S&M-Ball joint venture (hereinafter Shea...

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