Legal Opinion
Sousa v. M/V Caribia
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 25, 1973No. Civ. A. No. 70-765Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JULIAN, Senior District Judge.
This action was tried to the Court without a jury on the complaint of A. Edward Sousa, seeking damages for personal injuries he sustained aboard the M/V Caribia, a refrigerated cargo vessel, on June 4, 1969, while engaged as a longshoreman in unloading cargo at Gloucester, Massachusetts. The complaint alleged both negligence and unseaworthiness. Defendant Caribia impleaded plaintiff’s employer, the Gloucester Stevedoring Company, seeking indemnity on the latter’s warranty of workmanlike service.
On the basis of the evidence adduced at the trial, the Court…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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