Legal Opinion
Cia Maritima Del Nervion v. James J. Flanagan Shipping Corporation, Stevedore Division
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1962No. 19492PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
Leo Stagg, a longshoreman, brought a libel against the Mar Tirreno, a cargo vessel, for personal injuries suffered while aboard the ship. Seeking indemnity for the amount for which it might be liable, Cia Marítima del Nervion, owner of the vessel, impleaded James J. Flanagan Shipping Corp., Stagg’s stevedore employer. Flanagan cross-libeled for the compensation and medical expenses it had paid Stagg under the Longshoremen’s and Harborworkers’ Act. Nervion, after settling with Stagg for $17,500, was denied indemnity by the District Court and was ordered to pay Flanagan…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Halliburton Company and Continental Casualty Company v. Norton Drilling Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- D/S Ove Skou v. HebertCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Keller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
- United States Lines Company v. Leroy WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Robert Bernard Smith, and Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, and Cross-Appellee v. Whitehall Terminal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
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