Legal Opinion
Bloomer v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 3, 1980No. 78-1418PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
Under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1424, as amended, 33 U. S. C. § 901 et seq., a longshoreman is entitled to receive compensation payments from his stevedore for disability or death resulting from an injury occurring on the navigable waters of the United States. *75If the longshoreman believes that his injuries warrant a recovery in excess of the compensation provided under the Act, he may also bring a negligence action against the owner of the vessel on which the injury occurred. The longshoreman’s recovery from the shipowner is subject to the stevedore’s…
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