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In the Circu it Court for B altimore C ity Case No. 24-C-05-005808 OT

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND No. 45 September Term, 2006

CHRISTOPHER HILL v. DANIEL KNAPP

Bell, C.J. Raker Wilner Cathell Harrell Battaglia Greene, JJ.

Opinio n by Rak er, J.

Filed: January 16, 2007

Christopher Hill, appellan t, was injured when a load of plywood dropped on him from a forklift while he was working on a pier in Baltimore. Hill filed a state common law negligence action against the forklift operator, appellee Daniel Knapp. The primary issue we must decide is whether the federal Longshore and Harbor W orkers' Compensation Act ("LHW CA"), 33 U.S.C.

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