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· 4/16/1993

Patterson v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

Citations

  • 429 S.E.2d 215
  • 245 Va. 483
  • 9 Va. Law Rep. 1249
  • 1993 Va. LEXIS 62

How courts have described this case

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  • holding in light of Schwalb that a “switch operator”— a railroad employee responsible for switching trains to a “boat track” spur that descended to the shore — was engaged in maritime employment because the activity “constituted the inception of the loading process”

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Judges: Carrico, Compton, Stephenson, Whiting, Lacy, Keenan

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