Legal Opinion
Kirsch v. Bangladesh Shipping Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 26, 1982No. Civ. A. 82-1282PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DITTER, District Judge.
In this action, I am presented with a recurring question arising under section 33(b) of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act 1 -whether a longshoreman’s right to commence a third-party negligence action may be statutorily assigned to his employer without “an award in a compensation order filed by the deputy commissioner or [the Benefits Review Board].” Because the express terms of section 33(b) foreclose such a construction, I hold that the mere receipt of compensation payments by a longshoreman does not trigger a statutory…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- American Stevedores, Inc. v. PorelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Dawson Chemical Co. v. Rohm & Haas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Rodriguez v. Compass Shipping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Keller v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1983
- Cunningham v. George Hyman Construction Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Hall v. International Union Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1982
- MacKenzie v. Caldwell Shipping Co.District Court, M.D. Florida · 1983