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Title: Stephenson v. Mclean Contracting Co.
Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Release Date : January 04, 1990
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 60 KB

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This suit seeks recovery under the Jones Act for injuries sustained by William Stephenson while working as a piping welder
on and off a crane barge which was being used as a work platform in the construction of a bridge across the Choptank River
in Maryland. Stephenson originally brought both Jones Act and unseaworthiness claims, and the district court sustained the
defendant's motion for summary judgment in connection with both counts. The Court found that the plaintiff did not qualify
as a "seaman" under the Jones Act, nor was he "doing the work of a seaman" at the time of his injury and thus was without
any claim for unseaworthiness. The employee appealed the dismissal of his Jones Act claim, but not the denial of the unseaworthiness
count. We affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff's Jones Act claim. I.