Marcos Garcia v. The Queen, Ltd., and Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

We review a final judgment below denying relief to the plaintiff-appellant, Marcos Garcia, in his suit for damages against his employer, The Queen, Ltd., and his employer’s two insurers. The district court concluded, inter alia, that, as a matter of law, an insurance policy labelled as a workmen’s compensation policy issued by one insurer to the appellant’s employer did not provide coverage for damages where as here the relief sought was by a maritime remedy. For reasons which we explicate below, we reach the view that the insurance coverage under that policy was…