Legal Opinion
Yamashita-Shinnihon Kisen, K.K. Tokyo v. W. J. Jones & Son, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 16, 1973No. 71-2347PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Atterbury, a longshoreman employed by W. J. Jones & Son, Inc., was injured in the course of stevedoring operations abroad a vessel owned by Yamashita-Shinnihon Kisen, K.K. His civil action charged Yamashita with negligence and with unseaworthiness of the vessel. Ya-mashita sued Jones in a separate indemnity suit, alleging Jones’ negligence 1 and breach of its Ryan 2 warranty of workmanlike performance (WWLP).
Jones counterclaimed against Yama-shita, by way of set off or recoupment, for that part of any indemnity judgment in favor of Yamashita, proximately…
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- Reed v. the YakaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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