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Admiralty Law Keyed to Maraist
Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs v. Perini North River Associates
Citation:
459 U.S. 297, 103 S.Ct. 634, 74 L.Ed.2d 465, 1983 AMC 609 (1983)Facts
Perini North River Associates contracted to build the foundation of a sewage treatment plant extending approximately 700 feet over the Hudson River. The project required placing large caissons in the river, filling them with concrete, connecting them with beams, and placing concrete slabs on the beams. Raymond Churchill, a Perini employee, was in charge of all work performed on a cargo barge used to unload caissons and other materials from supply barges and to set caissons in position. On the day of the accident, Churchill was on the deck of the cargo barge giving directions to a crane operator who was unloading a caisson from a supply barge when a line used to keep the caissons in position snapped and struck Churchill, causing injuries to his head, leg, and thumb. Churchill filed a claim for compensation under the LHWCA, which Perini denied, arguing that Churchill was not covered by the Act because his work lacked a significant relationship to navigation or commerce on navigable waters.
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