STEPHENSON v. McLEAN CONTRACTING CO., INC.

No. 88-2805.

863 F.2d 340 (1988)

William E. STEPHENSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McLEAN CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Francis Lentz, Jr., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas G. Young, III (William F. Ryan, Jr., Kathleen M. Boucher, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 2, 1989.

PER CURIAM:

William E. Stephenson appeals a district court order finding that he has no viable claim under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688(a), or under the maritime doctrine of unseaworthiness for an injury which he incurred while constructing a bridge over the Choptank River in Maryland. The district court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment on the ground that the plaintiff, Stephenson...

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