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STANLEY v. WESTERN MARYLAND RY. CO.

No. 1919, September Term, 1982.

56 Md. App. 235 (1983)

467 A.2d 559

JAMES W. STANLEY v. THE WESTERN MARYLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Certiorari Granted April 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Bekman, Baltimore, with whom were Daniel S. Katz, and Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg, Engelman & Belgrad, P.A., Baltimore, on brief, for appellant.

George F. Pappas, Baltimore, with whom were H. Russell Smouse, Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner & Smouse, P.A., Baltimore, and John P. Higinbothom, Towson, on brief, for appellee.

Argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MOYLAN and WEANT, JJ.

WEANT, Judge.

The appellant, James W. Stanley, had been employed by the Western Maryland Railway Company (Western Maryland) since 1942. Beginning in 1955 or 1956 and continuing through 1980, Stanley operated a crane known as the "Number 1 crane" at the Curtis Bay Ore Pier. It was used to unload ore from ships docked there. According to Stanley, the crane produced "... a loud roar. It's a hydraulic pump that pumps pressure and it's a real high pitched roar, a humming...

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