Collins v. Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp.

AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER

CLARKE, District Judge.

Defendant Norfolk Shipbuilding & Dry-dock Corporation filed a Motion for Summary Judgment under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on August 25, 1981. Defendants Gulf Oil Corporation and Blackships, Inc., submitted an identical motion on September 18, 1981. Both motions contend that the six-month statute of limitations governing third-party actions under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. § 933(b), expired prior to the date that the plaintiff instituted suit against them.

Plaintiff responded…