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NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK v. SCOVEL

Record No. 900325.

397 S.E.2d 884 (1990)

NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK COMPANY, INC. v. Joseph Pierre Rene SCOVEL.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 9, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Tucker (R. John Barrett, Jane D. Tucker, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, on briefs), for appellant.

C. Arthur Rutter, Jr. (John H. Klein, Jesse M. Suit, III, Rutter & Montagna, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, WHITING, LACY and HASSELL, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.

POFF, Senior Justice.

The issue we find dispositive of this appeal is whether the evidence supports a finding of actionable negligence.

The facts relevant to that issue are not in dispute. On February 26, 1988, Joseph Scovel, a seaman employed by Sea Mobility, was working in the bow thruster room of USNS Stalworth, a ship undergoing repairs in the shipyard of Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Inc. (Norshipco). Scovel was engaged in the task of applying...

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