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STANLEY v. WESTERN MARYLAND RY. CO.

No. 23, September Term, 1984.

301 Md. 204 (1984)

482 A.2d 881

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

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Bekman and Daniel S. Katz, Baltimore (Kaplan, Heyman, Greenberg, Engelman & Belgrad, P.A., Baltimore, on the brief), for appellant.

George F. Pappas, Baltimore (H. Russell Smouse, M. Melinda Thompson and Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner & Smouse, P.A., and John P. Higinbothom, Baltimore, on the brief), for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ., and JAMES C. MORTON, Jr., Specially Assigned Judge (Retired).

COUCH, Judge.

In this appeal we consider whether a dockworker's exclusive remedy for an occupational injury is under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA or the Act), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq. (as amended 1972), where part of the cause of injury occurred before the Act's coverage. The Superior Court of Baltimore City (now Circuit Court for Baltimore City) refused to apportion the employer's liability between the LHWCA and...

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