Legal Opinion
Penn Tanker Company v. United States of America, United States of America v. Penn Tanker Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1969No. 25382PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
Penn Tanker Company, owner of the S. S. Penn Challenger, having settled a state court Jones Act 1 suit brought against it for the injury and death of a seaman, sought full indemnity against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act 2 asserting that although the shipowner was negligent, the Government’s subsequent wrongs caused all of the damages. From a judgment of the District Court awarding Penn Tanker “fifty percent indemnity” it appealed and the Government cross-appealed. We reverse.
The seaman, Hodges, sustained welding burns to both eyes while working on…
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