Legal Opinion
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 18, 1960No. 60-C-225PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARTELS, District Judge.
Action by plaintiff as assignee and subrogee of Alfonse Marchica, a longshoreman, who was injured on March 18, 1958 aboard defendant’s vessel “General Buckner”. On November 16, 1959 Marchica accepted compensation under an award pursuant to § 933 of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 1 Subdivision (b) of § 933 of the said Act reads as follows:
“(b) Acceptance of such compensation under an award in a compensation order filed by the deputy commissioner shall operate as an assignment to the employer of all right of the person entitled to compensation…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Colony, Inc. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Aston Bartholomew v. Universe Tankships, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- ET & WNC TRANSPORTATION CO. v. CurrieSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- United States v. PleshaSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Weiss v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1958
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3Cited by10 opinions
- United States v. Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company, Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company v. United States Fo AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1960
- Beeler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- Ashland v. Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Drakatos v. R. B. Denison, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1980
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, as Partial Assignee and Subrogee of Alfonse Marchica v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
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