Legal Opinion
Lopez-Correa v. Marine Navigation Co.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided September 18, 1968No. Civ. 241-68PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FERNANDEZ-BADILLO, District Judge.
This is an action by a longshoreman to recover damages for injuries sustained on board a vessel because of the alleged negligence of the defendants and unseaworthiness of the vessel.
Defendants have alleged in their answer, as an affirmative defense, that at the time of the injury they had subcontracted the loading and unloading operations of the vessel to a stevedoring contractor ; that the plaintiff was employed by said stevedoring contractor in connection with the loading and unloading operations of the vessel which was afloat on navigable…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Reed v. the YakaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. Maurice A. WheelerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Lugo Sánchez v. Autoridad de las Fuentes Fluviales de Puerto RicoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1977
- Antonini v. Hanna IndustriesNevada Supreme Court · 1978
- Ismael Colon Nunez v. Horn-Linie, Third-Party v. Fred Imbert, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Alvarado Morales v. Digital Equipment Corp.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1987
- Dagenhardt v. Special Machine & Engineering, IncMichigan Court of Appeals · 1981
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