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HILL v. KNAPP

No. 45, September Term, 2006.

914 A.2d 1193 (2007)

396 Md. 700

Christopher HILL v. Daniel KNAPP.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

January 16, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Max Zimmerman, Towson (Lee Saltzberg, Towson, on brief), for appellant.

James W. Bartlett, III (Alexander M. Giles, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, P.C., on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., RAKER, WILNER, CATHELL, HARRELL, BATTAGLIA and GREENE, JJ.

RAKER, J.

Christopher Hill, appellant, was injured when a load of plywood dropped on him from a forklift while he was working on a pier in Baltimore. Hill filed a state common law negligence action against the forklift operator, appellee Daniel Knapp. The primary issue we must decide is whether the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ("LHWCA"), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950, preempts a state tort claim...

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