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KELLY v. GUYON GENERAL PIPING, INC.

No. 88-2537.

882 F.2d 108 (1989)

Joseph E. KELLY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GUYON GENERAL PIPING, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Fletcher Rennie, IV (Frank N. Cowan, Cowan & Owen, P.C., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Samuel Vernon Priddy, III (Mary Louise Kramer, John A. Conrad, Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before HALL, PHILLIPS and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity action, Joseph E. Kelly appeals the district court's dismissal of his state-law tort claim against Guyon General Piping, Inc. (Guyon). The district court held that Kelly's tort action was jurisdictionally barred because his exclusive remedy lay in an action for workers' compensation. We affirm, although for different reasons than those relied upon by the district court.

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In September 1983 Guyon, a pipe...

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