Legal Opinion
Cove Tankers Corp. v. United Ship Repair, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 15, 1981No. 80 CIV 4196 (LBS)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAND, District Judge.
Defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(c) presents a question of first impression, namely whether injury and death occurring on the Atlantic Ocean 135 miles off the coast of the United States, meet the situs requirement of section 3 of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 903(a) (hereinafter “LHWCA”), which limits coverage to “injury occurring upon the navigable waters of the United States.” Defendant argues that the act covers such injury, and that consequently this complaint of a shipowner who…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Crowell v. BensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Kaiser Aetna v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- The Daniel BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Richard A. Reynolds v. Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Kollias v. D & G Marine MaintenanceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Mitola v. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics LaboratoryDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1993
- Cove Tankers Corp. v. United Ship Repair, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Marroquin v. American Trading Transportation Co.District Court, E.D. New York · 1988
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