Chestang v. Skinner

Supreme Court of Alabama

Chestang v. Skinner

488 So. 2d 818, 1986 Ala. LEXIS 3554

CourtSupreme Court of Alabama

DecidedApril 25, 1986

Docket84-470

StatusPublished

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Chestang v. Skinner, 488 So. 2d 818, 1986 Ala. LEXIS 3554 (Ala. 1986).

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PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Frank Chestang was injured on the job while employed as a shipyard worker by Alabama Maritime Corporation at its plant on Pinto Island in Mobile, Alabama.

He and his wife brought suit against several defendants, including the appellees, [819]*819who are his co-employees. Summary judgment was granted for the co-employees.

The issue is whether the action against the co-employees is barred by the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901, et seq.

This Court has previously decided that the exclusivity provisions of 33 U.S.C. § 933(i) pre-empt negligence suits by land-based maritime workers against co-employees.' Fillinger v. Foster, 448 So.2d 321 (Ala.), cert. denied, Foster v. Fillinger, — U.S. -, 105 S.Ct. 223, 83 L.Ed.2d 153 (1984); Bailey v. Collier, 465 So.2d 381 (Ala.1985).

Therefore, we find that the trial court correctly granted summary judgment. Accordingly, the judgment is hereby affirmed.

AFFIRMED.

TORBERT, C.J., and MADDOX, AL-MON, BEATTY and HOUSTON, JJ., concur.

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