RICKETTS v. VANN

No. 93-2447.

32 F.3d 71 (1994)

Desmond RICKETTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hugh VANN; Billy Vann; Hugh Vann & Son, Incorporated; Murfreesboro Farms, Incorporated; Percy Bunch; Francis M. Bunch, Defendants-Appellees, and James T. Flakes; Jeanette Flakes, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert James Willis, Raleigh, NC, for appellant. James Nicholas Ellis, Poyner & Spruill, L.L.P., Rocky Mount, NC, for appellees. ON BRIEF: L. Frank Burleson, Jr., Revelle, Burleson, Lee & Revelle, Murfreesboro, NC, for appellees Vann; Ronald G. Baker, Baker, Jenkins, Jones & Daly, Ahoskie, NC, for appellees Bunch.

Before CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and ELLIS, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation, and KNAPP, Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Circuit Judge CHAPMAN wrote the opinion, in which District Judge ELLIS and Senior District Judge KNAPP joined.

OPINION

CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Desmond Ricketts, a migrant farm worker, was injured when he fell from the rear of a pickup truck owned and operated by the farm labor contractor for whom he worked. Ricketts initiated this action against James and Jeanette...

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