Legal Opinion
Jorge Ochoa v. Employers National Insurance Co., Intervenors-Appellees, Waterman Steamship Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 13, 1984No. 82-3618PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAYLEY, Circuit Judge:
Our question is how to allocate money, recovered from a negligent shipowner, as among the injured longshoreman, his attorney, and the stevedore’s insurance carrier. We must apply Bloomer v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., 445 U.S. 74, 100 S.Ct. 925, 63 L.Ed.2d 215 (1980), to a case in which the recovery is insufficient to cover both the attorney’s fee and the compensation carrier’s lien. The district court awarded full reimbursement to the compensation carrier at the expense of the attorney.1 We reverse.
1. The Case Below
The Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Johnson ex rel. Rossiello v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Mitchell v. the EtnaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
- Bloomer v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Fontana v. Pennsylvania R. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1952
- Eloy S. Pluyer, Cross American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee Cross v. Mitsui O. S. K. Lines, Ltd., CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Mota v. University of Texas Houston Health Science CenterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Terrence Peters v. North River Insurance Company of Morristown, New Jersey and Bergeron Shipyards, Inc., Intervenors-Appellants v. Speeflo Manufacturing CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Francisco Villanueva v. Cna Insurance Companies, Intervenor-Appellee, Shell Offshore, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Charles Miller v. Rowan Companies, Inc. And Tri-State Oil Tool Industries, Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Jorge Ochoa v. Employers National Insurance Co., Intervenors-Appellees, Waterman Steamship Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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