Legal Opinion
AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE COMPANY v. Roush
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 20, 2000No. 1990952PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiffs American Commercial Barge Line Company and American Commercial Barge Line LLC (hereinafter jointly referred to as "ACBL") sued Allen Chase Roush for indemnification for "maintenance" and "cure" payments ACBL had made to its employee Roy Hester. ACBL made those payments to Hester because Hester, who had been a passenger in an automobile driven by Roush, was injured in an accident while en route to his vessel. Roush moved to dismiss the action, arguing that Alabama law did not recognize a right of indemnity for maintenance and cure payments in the absence of a contractual or…
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- Jones v. Waterman SS CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1946
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