ORDER
NORTON, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on defendant's motion for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
I. Background1
Plaintiff James Capers ("Capers"), a longshoreman employed by Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring ("Cooper"), was injured when he attempted to disembark onto a dock from the "Columbia New York," an unmanned barge (the "barge") owned...
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