Legal Opinion
Weigel v. MV Belgrano
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided April 14, 1960No. Civ. No. 10027PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EAST, District Judge.
Nature of Cause
This is a libel in personam and in rem with foreign attachment for damages resulting from personal injuries sustained by libelant as a result of the alleged unseaworthiness of the MY Belgrano (“vessel”) and the negligence of the respondents.
The respondents impleaded Brady-Hamilton Stevedore Company (“stevedore”) as third-party respondent under Admiralty Rule 56, 28 U.S.C.A. in a cause of indemnity.
The libelant at the time of the accident involved was a longshoreman employee of stevedore then under contract to bring aboard and stow the vessel with cargo,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Felice Grillea v. United States and National Shipping AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- James Hagans v. Farrell Lines, Inc. v. Lavino Shipping CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
- Glen Titus v. The Santorini and Sigalas and Kulukundis, ItsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by5 opinions
- John H. Williams v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and Third-Party v. William Spencer & Son Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Fitzmaurice v. Calmar Steamship CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1961
- Spada v. Stauffer Chemical CompanyDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1961
- Weigel v. THE M/V BELGRANODistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1960
- Partenweederei, Ms Belgrano, and Rudolph A. Oetker v. George Weigel, Brady-Hamilton Stevedore Company v. Partenweederei, Ms Belgrano, and Rudolph A. OetkerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962