Legal Opinion
Preston Julian v. Mitsui O. S. K. Lines, Ltd., in Personam, and M/v Meijyusan, in Rem, Defendant-Third-Party v. Strachan Shipping Company, Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 9, 1973No. 72-2259PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, Circuit Judge:
This case arises out of the familiar Sieracki-Byan1 longshoreman-shipowner-stevedore admiralty dispute. The injured longshoreman sued the shipowner alleging both unseaworthiness of the ship and negligence of its officers, agents and crew. The district court found the ship unseaworthy, but reduced the -.longshoreman's damages by 95 per cent as a result of his contributory negligence. In the shipowner’s third party complaint against the stevedore to recover any damages paid to the longshoreman, the district court held that the shipowner was not entitled to indemnity from the…
2Cases cited10 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
- D/S Ove Skou v. HebertCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- George Lusich v. Bloomfield Steamship Company, Bloomfield Steamship Company v. Boland MacHine and Manufacturing Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- United States Lines Company v. Leroy WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Miller v. Royal Netherlands Steamship Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Carmen Carrillo Vda De Cerich v. Sameit Westbulk and Johan Hagenes, and Third-Party v. Caribe Shipping Company, Inc., Third-Party DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Henry F. Thibodeaux v. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation v. J. Ray McDermott & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- William Addison v. Bulk Food Carriers, Inc., and Third-Party v. John J. Orr & Son, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Charles P. McCawley v. Ozeanosun Compania, Maritime, S.A., Defendant-Third-Party v. Gulfwide Stevedoring Corporation, Third-Party-Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
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