Legal Opinion
Rederi A/b Dalen v. Walter C. Maher, Impleaded
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1962No. 8518_1PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
A shipowner is here seeking indemnity from a stevedore for counsel fees incurred in defense of an action brought by the widow of a longshoreman killed in the loading of a cargo of coal.
On August 6, 1957, Jasper Deans, an employee of stevedore Walter C. Maher, went aboard the S.S. BELLINA to assist in trimming a cargo of granular coal then being loaded into her lower hold. An initial load of coal had been dumped on the after end of the lower ’tween deck, partially filling the main hatch and completely covering the two trimming hatches located near the corners of the deck.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Dugan & McNamara, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Small Business Administration v. McClellanSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by30 opinions
- A/s J. Ludwig Mowinckles Rederi v. Tidewater Construction Corporation, Lone Star Industries, Inc. v. Gearbulk, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- George Lusich v. Bloomfield Steamship Company, Bloomfield Steamship Company v. Boland MacHine and Manufacturing Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- American Export Lines, Owner Pro Hac Vice of the S.S. Exmouth v. Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Whisenant v. Brewster-Bartle Offshore Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United New York Sandy Hook Pilots Ass'n v. Rodermond Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
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