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HARMON v. BALTIMORE & OHIO R.R.

No. 83-1532.

741 F.2d 1398 (1984)

John F. HARMON, Appellant, v. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Farrell, Washington, D.C., of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals pro hac vice by special leave of the Court, with whom Kurt C. Rommel, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

George F. Pappas, Baltimore, Md., of the Bar of the Court of Appeals for Maryland pro hac vice by special leave of the Court, with whom Walter J. Smith, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, MIKVA and BORK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

A recurring problem in workers' compensation laws has been the coverage of maritime workers. Commencing in 1917, when the Supreme Court held that under certain circumstances states could not constitutionally provide compensation to injured maritime workers, Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen, 244 U.S. 205, 37 S.Ct. 524, 61 L.Ed. 1086 (1917), Congress...

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