· 10/15/1997
Robert Cabral v. Healy Tibbits Builders, Inc.
Citations
- 128 F.3d 1289
- 1997 WL 632040
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- the plaintiff's duties as a crane operator \unquestionably contribute[d] to Barge 538's function as a crane barge\
- the plaintiffs duties as a crane operator “unquestionably contributed to Barge 538’s function as a crane barge”
- \[T]he purpose of the substantial connection test is to separate land-based workers who do not face the perils of the sea from sea-based workers whose duties necessarily require them to face those risks.\
- “[T]he purpose of the substantial connection test is to separate land-based workers who do not face the perils of the sea from sea-based workers whose duties necessarily require them to face those risks.”
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Judges: Fletcher, Wiggins, Nelson
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