The United States Court of Appeals for the Third District ruled on Thursday that a journeyman electrician working with riggers on a task
associated with a construction project at the time of his injury, was
not a "special employee" of the rigging company under New Jersey law and thus was not precluded from pursuing a negligence action against
the rigging company.In Marino v. Indus. Crating Co. (02/19/04 - No. 02-4429) Plaintiff, Marino was a
journeyman electrician and a member of
Local 363 of the International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers ("IBEW"). The
accident occurred while Marin...
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