Legal Opinion
Dunbar v. Retla Steamship Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 26, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-258PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
POLLAK, District Judge.
This longshoreman’s action for personal injuries was commenced on January 19, 1979. The action arises from an accident alleged to have occurred on June 23, 1977, when plaintiff Dunbar was unloading plywood in Galveston, Texas, on the “Union Progress,” a vessel then under charter to defendant Retía Steamship Company. At the time of the accident, Dunbar was employed by St. Johns Shipping Company; and, shortly thereafter, plaintiff began receiving compensation benefits from his employer’s insurance carrier. These payments continued, although episodically, until…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- American Stevedores, Inc. v. PorelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Czaplicki v. the Hoegh SilvercloudSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Voris v. EikelSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Mitchell v. the EtnaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
- Grasso v. LorentzenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Carey v. Crane Service Co., Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Fearson v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.District Court, District of Columbia · 1981
- Joseph Duris v. Erato Shipping, Incorporated Japan Line Limited Regent Botan Shipping, Inc. Pallas Shipping Agency, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Keller v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1983
- Collier v. John Mendis, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1981
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