Legal Opinion

Daniel Ramos Rios v. Empresas Lineas Maritimas Argentinas, Etc., and Third-Party v. Fred Imbert, Inc., Third-Party

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided May 15, 1978No. 76-1397PublishedCited by 72 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This case comes to us on appeal from a jury verdict of $29,000 in favor of Daniel Ramos Rios, a longshoreman who was injured by carbon monoxide poisoning aboard the RIO BELEN, a ship owned by defendant-appellant Empresas Lineas Marítimas Argentinas, Etc. (Lineas hereafter). Ramos Rios sued under a theory of unseaworthiness and a separate claim of negligence. Lineas had asserted a third party claim against Fred Imbert, Inc., the stevedoring contractor which employed Ramos Rios, alleging breach of Imbert’s warranty of workmanlike performance.

The jury, after a four day…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
  3. Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958

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3Cited by72 opinions

  1. Rose Bordanaro v. John McLeod Appeal of City of Everett, Edward Connolly, and Donald BontempoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  2. Margaret Austin, Etc. v. Unarco Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
  3. Mark Wildman v. Lerner Stores Corporation, Mark Wildman v. Lerner Stores CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
  4. Robert Robinson, Trustee in Bankruptcy of D. C. Sullivan & Co., Inc. v. Watts Detective Agency, Inc., Daniel Sullivan, Billy R. OtteCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
  5. Sidney A. Clark v. Donald TaylorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983

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