Legal Opinion
Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Vallendingham
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 28, 1950No. Civ. A. 3372-49PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
This case involves a very interesting point as to the liability of an employer who carries workmen’s compensation insurance, with respect to an injury sustained by one of his employees in the course of his employment. In this case the injured employee elected to accept compensation under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq. The insurance carrier, however, by way of subrogation brought suit against two third parties whose negligence is claimed to have contributed to the injury. The defendants then brought in the employer as…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- American Mut. Liability Ins. Co. v. MatthewsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Standard Wholesale Phosphate & Acid Works, Inc. v. Rukert Terminal Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
3Cited by21 opinions
- Jerome S. Murray v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Otto T. Schwab v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Noland Company, Incorporated, and Third-Party and Cross-Appellant v. Graver Tank & Manufacturing Company, Third-Party and Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
- Allen & Whalen, Inc. v. John C. Grimberg Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
- Nyquist v. BatcherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
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