Legal Opinion
Miguel Antonio Aparicio v. Swan Lake, Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Etc., Third Party v. Panama Canal Company, Third Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 27, 1981No. 79-3945PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
The sole issue raised by this appeal is whether landlubbers who do sailor’s work aboard ships were dislodged from their Sieracki seaman status by the wake of the 1972 amendments to the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act [LHWCA], 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. We conclude that, if the harbor worker is not covered by the LHWCA, the Sieracki cause of action and the concomitant indemnification action afforded the vessel owner are both still seaworthy.
Aparicio and three other harbor workers employed by the Panama Canal Company, an agency of the United…
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