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Fernandez v. Chios Shipping Co.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided September 16, 1976No. Nos. 1090, 1093, 1216-1218, Dockets 75-7465, 76-7066, 76-7071, 76-7078 and 76-7079PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

The issues raised on this admiralty appeal stem not from the injured longshoreman’s quest for damages but from the subsequent contest among four other parties to shift the burden of indemnification for his recovery.

On September 1, 1968, employees of Maher Stevedoring Company, Inc. (“Stevedore”), plaintiff Fernandez among them, were unloading a cargo of “pre-palletized” units of pineapples from the # 3 hold of the SS Chios. A “pre-palletized” unit is a single package consisting of a pallet and cartons glued together so that no bands or lashings are necessary to bind the…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. Salen v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Sergio Degioia v. United States Lines Company, and Third-Party v. American Stevedores, Inc., and Imparato Stevedoring Corp., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
  5. Nichimen Company, Inc. v. M. v. Farland, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., and A/s Vigra, Defendants-Appellants-Appellees v. Seaboard Shipping Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. McGregor-Doniger Inc. v. Drizzle Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  2. Geraldine McCULLOCK, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. H.B. FULLER COMPANY, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
  3. United States v. Yvette Carson, Lemuel Mont, A/K/A "Lam," and Kenneth Thomas, A/K/A "Kenneth Davis,"Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
  4. United States v. Ronald BrownCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
  5. Thyssen, Inc. v. S.S. Fortune Star, Her Engines, Boiler, Etc., Evolution Maritime Enterprises, Ltd., and Taiwan International Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985

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