RAMEY v. MARTIN-BAKER AIRCRAFT CO. LTD.

Nos. 87-1716, 87-1765.

874 F.2d 946 (1989)

Gary E. RAMEY; Amanda C. Ramey, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MARTIN-BAKER AIRCRAFT COMPANY, LTD., Defendant-Appellee, and McDonnell Douglas Corporation; Quinten Rix; Thomas E. Waller, Defendants. Gary E. RAMEY; Amanda C. Ramey, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Quinten RIX, Defendant-Appellee, and Martin-Baker Aircraft Company, Ltd.; McDonnell Douglas Corporation; Thomas E. Waller, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Wheeler, Baltimore Md. (Patrick A. O'Doherty, Catonsville, Md., David M. Williams, on brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bruce Duplan Campbell (Keith Gerrard, Perkins Coie, Seattle, Wash., on brief), Judith Ann Bollinger (Joseph G. Finnerty, Jr., Piper & Marbury, Jay I. Morstein, Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

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


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 6, 1989.

ERVIN, Chief Judge:

Gary E. Ramey ("Ramey") and his wife, Amanda C. Ramey, appeal from orders of summary judgment in favor of Quinten Rix, Ramey's supervisor, and Martin-Baker Aircraft Co., Ltd. ("Martin-Baker"), the manufacturer of an aircraft component Ramey believes injured him through its defective design. The district court held Rix immune from suit under a provision of the Maryland Workers' Compensation...

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