Legal Opinion
Theodore A. Probst v. Southern Stevedoring Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1967No. 23692PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This is a simple case. Simple in outline and simple in available choices. As so much today, this is more of the Sieracki-Ryan-Yaka-Jackson 1 wake. The question is briefly put: under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., is a general contractor a “third person” who may be sued by the injured employee of a subcontractor? Stated differently, does the general contractor have an employer’s immunity which the Act expressly affords even though by judicial construction it is now something less positive than the words suggest?…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Reed v. the YakaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jackson v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- D/S Ove Skou v. HebertCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hartland Dean West v. Kerr-Mcgee CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Carolyn Harris Thibodaux, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of the Minor Children, Etc. v. Atlantic Richfield CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Meiggs v. Associated Builders, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Fonseca v. Pacific Construction Co., Ltd.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1973
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