Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. Marine Transport Lines, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided October 18, 1989No. Civ. No. JFM-87-1656PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOTZ, District Judge.
This case raises far-reaching issues concerning (1) the responsibility of manufacturers of asbestos products (and manufacturers of equipment containing asbestos) to undertake the defense of an unseaworthiness claim brought against a shipowner by a seaman suffering from an asbestos-related disease, and (2) the effects upon a manufacturer of a settlement between the seaman, the shipowner and other manufacturers.1
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Bernice Vaughn was a Jones Act seaman who worked for most of his career as a fireman/watertender, engineman, oiler and wiper on various vessels owned by…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- 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
- Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Findley v. Blinken (In Re Joint Eastern & Southern District Asbestos Litigation)District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- Vaughn v. Farrell Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- Complaint of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Mid-America Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Cowart v. Gulf Atlantic Transport Corp.Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuits of Florida · 1991
- In The Matter Of The Complaint Of Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
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