Legal Opinion
Horace Fontenot, the Travelers Insurance Company, Intervenor v. United States of America, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1996No. 95-40390PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
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This is a tort suit against the United States as vessel owner brought by a welder employed by an independent contractor engaged in its repair. The worker slipped on a hatch cover and was severely injured. The district court found that the government breached its second and third Scindia duties and awarded substantial damages to the worker and the intervening workmen’s corn- pensation carrier. 1 The trio of duties set forth in Scindia, now a litany, include: (1) a “turnover duty” looking to the condition of the vessel at the time the stevedore or repair…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los SantosSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Trinidad Pimental v. Ltd Canadian Pacific BulCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Mrs. Maria Toth Futo, Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, Intervenor-Appellant v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Hurman Lee Turner v. Costa Line Cargo Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Williams v. M/V SONORACourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by16 opinions
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