Legal Opinion
Hunt v. Bank Line, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 15, 1929No. 2854PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a libel on -the ground that it does not state a cause of action. The question involved is the right of an injured stevedore, who has accepted compensation for his injury under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act of March 4, 1927, 44 Stat. 1424, 33 USCA § 901 et seq., to sue a third person for damages on account of his injury where the employer refuses to bring suit. From the decree denying the right, libelant appealed.
The facts alleged in the libel are as follows : Libelant was a stevedore employed by the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Travelers Insurance v. Brass Goods Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Obrecht-Lynch Corporation v. ClarkDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1929
- Wm. Cameron & Co. v. GambleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
- Whalen v. Athol Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Hall v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1919
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- Owen v. Rheem Manufacturing Co.California Court of Appeal · 1947
- Johnsen v. American-Hawaiian S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
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