Legal Opinion
American Export Lines, Inc., a Foreign Corporation v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc., a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1963No. 8738_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
Can a stevedore rely upon its own negligence as a defense to the action of a shipowner seeking indemnity for a money judgment paid out to a victim of the stevedore’s carelessness? We hold that it cannot.
On September 26, 1956, during loading operations aboard the S.S. EXCELLER, owned by American Export Lines, a draft of freight struck the coaming of the No. 5 hatch. Its contents spilled into the hold, seriously injuring Arthur Harper, a longshoreman employed by Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, who was working below. After collecting compensation from his employer under the…
2Cases cited14 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
- Antonio Paliaga v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, and Third-Party v. Turner & Blanchard, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by10 opinions
- American Export Lines, Owner Pro Hac Vice of the S.S. Exmouth v. Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Old Dominion Stevedoring Corporation v. Polskie Linie Oceaniczne, John H. Newby v. Polskie Linie OceaniczneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Singer v. DorrDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967
- Bielawski v. American Export LinesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1963
- McCross v. Ratnakar Shipping Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1967
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