Legal Opinion
Richard J. Stephenson v. Star-Kist Caribe, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 17, 1979No. 78-1262PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff seaman was injured in the course of his employment aboard the F/V Golden Scarab. Although the vessel was owned by a Canadian corporation, Scarab Fishing Ventures, Ltd., (Scarab), plaintiff brought an action against defendant StarKist Caribe, (Star-Kist), for Jones Act negligence, unseaworthiness, and maintenance and cure, alleging Star-Kist to be plaintiff’s employer and to have exercised such control over the vessel as to render it liable to him as owner pro hae vice.
The district court concluded that under the arrangement between Star-Kist and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Reed v. the YakaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Guzman v. PichiriloSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- United States v. SheaSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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