Legal Opinion
Caswell v. Koninklyke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maalschappy, N. V.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided June 5, 1962No. Civ. A. No. 13723PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, District Judge.
Plaintiff longshoreman sued defendant shipowner for $75,000 damages for personal injury, alleging unseaworthiness of the vessel and negligence of the vessel’s personnel. Defendant denied these allegations and claimed the injury resulted from a breach of warranty of workmanlike service by the stevedore, Strachan Shipping Company. On September 15, 1961, defendant shipowner, by its attorneys of record, wrote the stevedore tendering the defense of this suit to it. The stevedore refused to accept the defense, whereupon it was impleaded as a third party defendant by the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Antonio Paliaga v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, and Third-Party v. Turner & Blanchard, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Holley v. Steamship the Manfred StansfieldDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1960
- Drago v. A/S IngerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1961
- Fox v. the SS MoremacwindDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1960
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3Cited by6 opinions
- T. Smith & Son, Inc. v. Skibs A/s HasselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Smith v. Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1965
- Singer v. DorrDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967
- Bielawski v. American Export LinesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1963
- Caswell v. Koninklyke Nederlandsche Stoomboot MaalschappyDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1962
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