Legal Opinion
Bertram A. Watson v. Gulf Stevedore Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 8, 1967No. 23579PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The question presented is whether a libel for damages may be brought by a longshoreman-employee directly against the employer-stevedore despite the exclusiveness of liability provision of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 1 The district court answered this question in the negative and accordingly granted a summary judgment in favor of the employer-stevedore. 2 We affirm.
The libellant Watson, a longshoreman employed by appellee Gulf Stevedoring Corporation, was injured while handling cargo aboard the SS SAN DIMITRIS in Houston, Texas. It is…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- 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
- Reed v. the YakaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Ronnie W. Longmire v. Sea Drilling Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Barrios v. Louisiana Construction Materials Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Eva Ruth Bertrand, Individually and as Natural Tutrix of the Minors v. Forest CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Theodore A. Probst v. Southern Stevedoring Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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