Legal Opinion · Dissent
United States v. Benjamin Harrison and Jones Stevedoring Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 29, 1957No. 15054Published
1Dissent
HEALY, Circuit Judge.
I dissent.
The contract between the United States and appellee Stevedoring Company expressly provided (in Clause 12 thereof) that the Company undertook to indemnify the government where injuries were caused either in whole or in part by the Company’s fault. The only exceptions to indemnification were if the accident was caused by the unseaworthiness of the vessel, and the Stevedoring Company either could not have discovered the unseaworthiness, or could not have prevented the accident; or if the accident was caused solely by the ship; or if it resulted from proper…
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- United States v. Arrow Stevedoring Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
- Metcalfe v. ChiarelloCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923