Legal Opinion
Lamar v. Admiral Shipping Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 22, 1973No. 72-2097PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
We are called upon once again to determine whether a shipowner, having paid damages for personal injuries suffered by a longshoreman on board its vessel, may recover indemnity from the longshoreman’s stevedore employer on the theory that the stevedore breached its WWLP.1 The district coui't dismissed the third party complaint on the merits. We reverse.
Plaintiffs Lamar and Miller cross-appeal from the district court’s refusal to apportion their attorneys’ fees so that they would be borne by the plaintiffs and the compensation carrier for whose benefit the fund was created.…
2Cases cited7 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
- T. Smith & Son, Inc. v. Skibs A/s HasselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Cleveland Chouest v. A & P Boat Rentals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Smith v. Jugosalvenska Linijska PlovideaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Paul A. Cella and Barbara Cella v. Partenreederei Ms Ravenna, Appeal of Michael B. LattiCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Vito Valentino v. Rickners Rhederei, G.M.B.H., Ss Etha, and John W. McGrath Corporation, Intervenor-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Jorge Ochoa v. Employers National Insurance Co., Intervenors-Appellees, Waterman Steamship Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Birrer v. Flota Mercante GrancolombianaDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1974
- Bach v. Trident Shipping Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1989
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