Legal Opinion
Beloit Power Systems, Inc. And Kemper Insurance Companies, as Subrogee v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 29, 1985No. 83-3354PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
At issue in this appeal is the interpretation of an indemnification clause under which Beloit Power Systems, Inc. (Beloit) seeks to impose on Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. (Hess) the obligation to pay damages for which it was held liable in an earlier lawsuit. These damages arose when an instrument fitter, Norwilton Murray, fell and suffered severe spinal injury while installing an electrical control panel built by Beloit at the Hess oil refinery in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. ' Murray was employed by Litwin Corporation, the installer of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Goodman v. Mead Johnson & Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- United States v. SeckingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Draper v. Airco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Norwilton Murray v. Fairbanks Morse, Beloit Power Systems, Inc., in No. 78-2224. Cross Appeal of Norwilton Murray, in No. 78-2225Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Landtect Corporation v. State Mutual Life Assurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Lyncott Corp. v. Chemical Waste Management, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
- Robert J. Bainville v. Hess Oil V.I. Corp. v. Standby Power Supplies, Inc., Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- MacGlashing v. Dunlop Equipment Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Aviles v. BurgosCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
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