Legal Opinion
Frederico Rodriguez v. Compass Shipping Co. Ltd. And Djakarta Lloyd, P.N.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 19, 1980No. 362, Docket 79-7132PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
This is one of a series of personal injury actions by longshoremen against shipowners or charterers, nearly all of which have been dismissed by district courts pursuant to § 33(b) of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act), 33 U.S.C. § 933(b) on the ground that since the plaintiff in each case settled a compensation claim filed by him against his employer (a stevedoring company) under the Act, accepted the agreed-upon sum, and failed to sue the shipowner until more than six months after the settlement award, he lost his right to assert the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Czaplicki v. the Hoegh SilvercloudSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Fleming v. Mohawk Wrecking & Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Mitchell v. the EtnaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
- Aetna Life Insurance v. MosesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Plaintiffs v. The Board of Oil and Gas Conservation of the State of MontanaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Rodriguez v. Compass Shipping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Carey v. Crane Service Co., Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Joseph Duris v. Erato Shipping, Incorporated Japan Line Limited Regent Botan Shipping, Inc. Pallas Shipping Agency, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Angelo Del Re v. Prudential Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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