Legal Opinion
Banks v. Hanover Steamship Corp.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 8, 1967No. Civ. Nos. 17652, 16800, 17474PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Per curiam
In each of these cases a longshoreman has brought an action against a shipowner for negligence and unseaworthiness, the shipowner has filed a third-party complaint for indemnity against the stevedoring company, employer of the plaintiff, and the third-party defendant seeks a jury trial of some or all of the issues, whereas the plaintiff and the defendant-third-party plaintiff (hereinafter referred to as “defendant”) want the issues tried by a judge without a jury.
A number of general principles apply to all such cases.
Before July 1, 1966, the effective date of the amendments to the Federal…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Ellerman Lines, Ltd. v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Calmar Steamship Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, and Third-Party v. Nacirema Operating Company, Inc., a Body Corporate, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- General Tire & Rubber Co. v. WatkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Rosen v. DickCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Layne B. Foulk Marjorie E. Foulk, H/w v. Donjon Marine Company, Inc., Defendant/third-Party v. Breakwaters International, Inc., Third-Party Donjon Marine Company, Inc., in 97-5235. Layne B. Foulk Marjorie E. Foulk, in 97-5269Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Sam H. Johnson v. Penrod Drilling Company, James L. Starnes v. Penrod Drilling CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Moser v. Texas Trailer Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Concordia Co. v. PanekCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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