Since 1974, Shade had been employed by various companies to assist in such dredging projects and in the four years prior to his injury, the majority of his work had been with Great Lakes. Shade arrived at the Cape May worksite on the night of December 8, 1994, and began to work for Great Lakes at the site on December 9, 1994. As the sand flowed out of either end of the shore line, bulldozers positioned the sand on the beach according to a predetermined plan. This valve, which controlled the flow of the sand, connected the submersible line to an additional line, known as the shore line, extending in both directions along the beach parallel to the ocean. Upon reaching the beach, the submersible line ended at a "Y" valve. The dredge then would pump its load of sand into the pipe and through the submersible line. In order to transport the sand to the beach, the dredge would secure itself to a pipe attached to the scots buoy which in turn was connected to the submersible line. The dredge Long Island removed the sand from the ocean floor and once its hopper compartments were full, the tug Conlon propelled the dredge to a self-contained offshore transfer station buoy ("scots buoy"), a large round floating buoy secured by four anchors. This project consisted of removing sand from the ocean floor at offshore locations and transferring the sand to the beach through 6600 feet of steel pipe, known as the submersible line. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Great Lakes a contract to dredge and renourish the beach at Cape May, New Jersey, which Great Lakes began performing on November 12, 1994. § 1331, and this court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. The district court had jurisdiction over this case under 28 U.S.C. Shade, on October 22, 1997, pursuant to a jury verdict for Shade in the amount of $870,000, and from the denial of its renewed motion to alter or amend the judgment, or, in the alternative, for a new trial entered on November 19, 1997. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company appeals from a final judgment entered in favor of appellee, John D. Barish Law Offices, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee.īefore: GREENBERG, SCIRICA, and McKEE, Circuit Judges. (argued), Rapp, White, Janssen & German, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant. GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY, Appellant.
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