Legal Opinion
The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York v. C/b Mr. Kim, Its Engines, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1965No. 21263PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
If not a new wrinkle, Mike Hooks, Inc. v. Pena, 5 Cir., 1963, 313 F.2d 696, this case presents at least a new ripple on the undulating sea of law dealing with maritime rights growing out of the application of state workmen’s compensation statutes to a worker sustaining a maritime injury. The precise question is whether a compensation insurer, as a Louisiana statutory subrogee, seeking reimbursement from a vessel and its owner as tortious third parties may maintain a libel filed after the expiration of the state prescriptive period in which suit could be filed by…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Continental Grain Co. v. Barge FBL-585Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Reed v. the YakaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- John R. Nations v. W. W. Morris and American Motorists Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Gibboney v. WrightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Norma C. Guillot, Bobbie Lynn Guillot and Norman Andras v. Cenac Towing Company, Inc., as Owner of the Barge Murray MacCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Louis Molnar v. Gulfcoast Transit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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