Legal Opinion
Ralph Billeci v. United States of America, and California Stevedore and Ballast Company, Appellee-Impleaded
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 18, 1962No. 17112_1PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMESON, District Judge.
Appellant, longshoreman employed by appellee-impleaded, instituted this libel against appellee, the owner and operator of USNS General Hugh J. Gaffey, for personal injuries sustained on November 29, 1958, when appellant was struck by a falling hatch board while performing unloading operations aboard the vessel. The libel was dismissed, the trial court holding that the crew of the General Gaffey was not negligent and that the vessel was seaworthy. Having reached this conclusion it was unnecessary to determine whether appellee would be entitled to indemnification from…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Robert Blassingill v. Waterman Steamship Corporation, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Louis Antoine v. Lake Charles Stevedores, Inc., Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc. And the Travelers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Ferrante v. Swedish American LinesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- William Norfleet and David Lane v. Isthmian Lines, Inc., Isthmian Lines, Inc., and Third-Party v. Whitehall Terminal Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Shaffer C. Tim v. American President Lines, Ltd., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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