Legal Opinion
Compania Anonima Venezolano De Navegacion v. William H. Matthews
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 2, 1967No. 22220_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, District Judge.
Matthews, a longshoreman, filed a libel in personam to recover damages for personal injuries. The defendant shipowner impleaded J. P. Florio and Company, Inc. for whom Matthews was working at the time of his injury. The trial judge’s decision was for the plaintiff (longshoreman), against the. shipowner, and in favor of the impleaded stevedore. The shipowner only appeals, assigning as error the district judge’s findings that the vessel was unseaworthy; alternatively, the Court’s failure to allow recovery over against the stevedore contractor under the Ryan rule; and in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Kelley v. Everglades Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Francis DavidCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Ricardo Fotys Caradelis v. Refineria Panama, S. A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- H & H Ship Service Co. v. Weyerhaeuser Line, a Division of Weyerhaeuser Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- Victory Carriers, Inc., a Corporation v. Stockton Stevedoring Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- Johnson v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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