‘Job Hazard Analysis’ Expert Excluded

By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 11, 2012

Tags: Gloucester County Circuit Court, Judge Norman A. Thomas, Negligence, Virginia Circuit Courts

In an injured seaman’s suit against the owner of a commercial fishing vessel, a Gloucester County Circuit Court excludes plaintiff’s expert because defendant had no duty under maritime law to perform a “job hazard analysis” on vessel-to-vessel ingress and egress, but plaintiff can pursue his negligence claim. The court must consider, as a question of law, ...

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