Legal Opinion
Hamburg-Amerika Linie v. Gulf Puerto Rico Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 21, 1978No. 77-1184PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
This action is an appeal from a decision denying shipowner Hamburg-Amerika Lin-ie (Hamburg) indemnity from stevedore Gulf Puerto Rico Lines, Inc. (Gulf) for an award of $9,106, plus interest, to injured longshoreman Francisco Vazquez Torres, an employee of Gulf. ■ ■
Vazquez was injured September 29, 1968, while employed by Gulf as a longshoreman-motorman. Bundles of tin plates were being unloaded from the hold of a ship owned by Hamburg. Each bundle was tied with straps and two pieces of wood known as “sleepers” were attached on the bottom. The purpose of the sleepers was…
2Cases cited21 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
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
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