Fuentes v. White

How courts have described this case

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• claimant’s work “directly furthered” the maritime goals of the port, and initial construction cannot be distinguished from pier repair under the Act
• act of building pier furthers process of loading and unloading vessels and thus bears a significant relationship to \longshoring operations\
• “Clearly we must look to the purpose of the work, not solely to the particular skills used.”
• no distinction under the Act between pier construction and pier repair
• carpenter engaged in constructing a pier was covered employee
• carpenter constructing pier was engaged in maritime employment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).