Legal Opinion
Gibbs v. S/S Dona Paz
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 24, 1983No. Civ. A. No. 82-1388PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
RAYMOND J. BRODERICK, District Judge.
This is an action in admiralty in which the plaintiff, Caryl Anthony Vaughan Gibbs (“Gibbs”), the insurer of Amstar Corporation (“Amstar”), seeks recovery from defendants for damages sustained to a load of sugar carried by defendants from the Philippines to Amstar facilities in Philadelphia. Defendants Fuga Bulk Carriers, Inc. (“Fuga”) and Northern Lines, Inc. (“Northern”) filed a third-party complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 14(c) naming Amstar as a third-party defendant on the basis of the alleged negligence of Amstar’s stevedores who unloaded…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Leather's Best, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. S.S. Mormaclynx, Defendants-Appellants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Phœnix Insurance v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Ellerman Lines, Ltd. v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- House v. Mine Safety Appliances Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Jennings v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Farr Man & Co. v. M/V RozitaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Farr Man & Co., Inc. v. M/v Rozita, Etc., Appeal of Amstar Corporation, Intervening Appeal of Farr Man & Co., Inc., Amstar Corporation, Intervening v. M/v Rozita, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990