Legal Opinion
Charles Evans v. Transportacion Maritime Mexicana Ss "Campeche"
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 5, 1981No. 42, Docket 80-7081PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
Charles Evans, a longshoreman formerly employed by Pittston Stevedoring Company (Pittston), was injured while loading the CAMPECHE, a vessel owned by the defendant, Transportación Maritime Mexicana (the shipowner). Pittston’s insurer awarded Evans $60,484.86 in settlement of his claim for compensation under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950 (1976). Subsequently, pursuant to § 905(b) of that Act, Evans brought this third-party negligence action against the shipowner in the United States District Court for the Southern…
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