Legal Opinion
Dearal Stass v. American Commercial Lines, Inc. And the Barge "Acbl-920"
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1983No. 80-3704PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
An injured longshoreman must navigate the channels of the LHWCA before he can drop anchor in the vessel owner’s pocketbook and claim his booty. 1
Now over a dozen years ago, Amendments to the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) beached the skow UNSEAWORTHINESS, built by Sieracki, 2 to launch a new vessel for longshoreman recovery — the clipper REASONABLE CARE. Able crafters though they were, the Shipbuilders of Capitol Hill were unwilling to venture out on the waters of tort law, and left the REASONABLE CARE adrift in the doldrums of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los SantosSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- West v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Antonio Napoli v. (Transpacific Carriers Corp. And Universal Cargo Carriers, Inc.) Hellenic Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Richard Hill v. Texaco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Theriot v. Bay Drilling Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Alvin J. Treadaway, and Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Intervenor-Appellee v. Societe Anonyme Louis-Dreyfus Et CieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Greenwood v. Societe Francaise DeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Teply v. Mobil Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Herbert J. Harris, Sr. v. Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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