Legal Opinion
Leonard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 27, 1958No. Civ. A. 23243PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EGAN, District Judge.
This is an action brought under the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2201, asking the Court to declare the rights, duties and obligations of the plaintiff and the defendants under the Longshoremen’s & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq.
The plaintiff, Leonard, is a longshoreman who was employed by the defendant, Morris Boney, Inc., (Boney). Defendant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty) is the compensation carrier for the employer. On February 27, 1957, while working aboard the S.S. “La Fleche”, plaintiff was injured when he…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- American Stevedores, Inc. v. PorelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Swanson v. Marra Brothers, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Czaplicki v. the Hoegh SilvercloudSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by6 opinions
- American-Foreign Steamship Corp. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Matthew Joseph Leonard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and Morris Boney, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- Neal v. McGinnis, Inc.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1989
- Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1961
- American-Foreign Steamship Corporation, Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, Stockard Steamship Corporation, Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, A. H. Bull Steamship Co., Bull-Insular Line, Inc., Baltimore Insular Line, Inc., Libelants-Appellants v. United States of America, New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, Polarus Steamship Co., Inc., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, T. J. Stevenson & Co., Inc., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, North Atlantic and Gulf Steamship Co., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, Blidberg Rothchild Co., Inc., Libelant-Appellant v. United States of America, Fall River Navigation Co., Libelant-Appellant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
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