Legal Opinion
Anibal Ruiz Rodriguez v. Litton Industries Leasing Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 27, 1978No. 77-1263PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL,
Circuit Judge.
Appellants are longshoremen who were injured during their work on vessels in Puerto Rican harbors. They invoke federal diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332, and the Puerto Rico direct action statute, 26 P.R.Laws Ann. §§ 2001 et seq., in aid of their various actions, now consolidated, to recover damages for personal injury from The United Kingdom Mutual Steamship (Bermuda) Limited (United Kingdom), which provides protection and indemnity insurance for appellants’ employer, Sea Land Services, Inc. Sea Land operated these vessels under a demise charter. *…
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- Fornaris v. Ridge Tool Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- John R. Nations v. W. W. Morris and American Motorists Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by27 opinions
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