Legal Opinion
Ramon Costa v. Danais Shipping Company and Kratigos Shipping Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 10, 1983No. 82-5489PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff is a longshoreman who received compensation benefits under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. The issue here is whether a Memorandum of Informal Conference constitutes the “award in a compensation order” required by the Act to assign the plaintiff’s cause of action against third parties to his employer. The district court held it did not. We agree and affirm.
The plaintiff’s suit for work-related personal injuries was removed to the district court from the Superior Court of New Jersey. Defendant shipping companies…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. v. Burnside Shipping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Scofield v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Rodriguez v. Compass Shipping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Pallas Shipping Agency, Ltd. v. DurisSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Francesco Verderame v. Torm Lines, A/sCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Lucas v. Florida Department of CorrectionsDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2019
- Speerin v. Prudential Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. Illinois · 1985
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