Legal Opinion
American Export Lines, Owner Pro Hac Vice of the S.S. Exmouth v. Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 20, 1964No. 9364_1PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
This litigation began when Herbert J. Bielawski, an employee of Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation, sued American Export Lines, the owner pro hac vice of SS EXMOUTH, for injuries sustained aboard that vessel. The ship requested the shipyard to defend the suit, but the latter declined to do so. The ship then filed a third-party complaint. After the jury absolved the ship of all liability and held the shipyard solely responsible for Bielawski’s injuries, the ship sought indemnity from the yard for legal expenses incurred in the successful defense of the suit. It is…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- West v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Antonio Paliaga v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, and Third-Party v. Turner & Blanchard, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by41 opinions
- A/s J. Ludwig Mowinckles Rederi v. Tidewater Construction Corporation, Lone Star Industries, Inc. v. Gearbulk, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Parfait v. Jahncke Service, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- George Lusich v. Bloomfield Steamship Company, Bloomfield Steamship Company v. Boland MacHine and Manufacturing Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Fairmont Shipping Corp. And Fairwinds Ocean Carriers Corp., Owners of the Steamship Western Eagle v. Chevron International Oil Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Jennings v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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