Legal Opinion
Fontana v. Pennsylvania R. Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 23, 1952PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
Libelant sustained injuries on board the lighter T. Willets during the course of his employment by Huron Stevedoring Corporation. Payment of compensation was promptly begun by the employer without an award as required by Section 14(a), 33 U.S.C.A. § 914(a) of the Longshoremen & Harbor Workers’ Act, hereinafter called the Act. Compensation payments and medical expenses so paid by the employer totalled $1,732.54.
Thereafter libelant filed a notice of election to sue a third party pursuant to Section 33(a) of the Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 933(a), and filed this libel to recover…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- American Stevedores, Inc. v. PorelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- American Mut. Liability Ins. Co. v. MatthewsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Mitchell v. the EtnaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
- Crab Orchard Improvement Co. v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- Toomey v. Waterman SS CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Bloomer v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- L. C. Haynes v. Rederi A/s AladdinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- John Dodge v. Mitsui Shintaku Ginko K. K. Tokyo, and Brady-Hamilton Stevedore Co., Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Shellman v. United States Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Jimmy Allen v. Texaco, Inc., North-West Insurance Company, Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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