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NORFOLK DREDGING CO. v. WILEY

No. 05-1331.

439 F.3d 205 (2006)

NORFOLK DREDGING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John L. WILEY, Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 3, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James Long Chapman, IV, Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, P.L.C., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant. Ralph Rabinowitz, Rabinowitz, Swartz, Taliaferro, Swartz & Goodove, P.C., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Stuart P. Sperling, Crenshaw, Ware & Martin, P.L.C., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant.

Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge TRAXLER joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

After John Wiley, a seaman, was injured aboard the tug Pusher # 10 — a heavy line snapped and struck his face — the tug's owner, Norfolk Dredging Company, commenced this action in admiralty to limit its liability to the value of the tug, in accordance with the Limitation of Liability...

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