Legal Opinion
Litwinowicz v. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 21, 1959No. Civ. A. 21553, 21554PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAFT, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, longshoremen, instituted separate actions against Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while they were engaged in loading steel beams aboard defendant’s vessel. Both complaints alleged negligence and unseaworthiness.
Weyerhaeuser, in both eases, implead-ed and sought indemnity from plaintiffs’ employer, Nacirema Operating Co., Inc., which had contracted to perform the stevedoring services.
Plaintiffs’ actions against Weyerhaeuser were tried before a jury. Pursuant to stipulation, the third-party actions were tried to…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Rescue Army v. Municipal Court of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman's Fund InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Robert Spann v. J. LauritzenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Eddie Huff v. Matson Navigation Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Gebhard v. S.S. Hawaiian LegislatorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Bill Law v. Victory Carriers, Inc., Etc., and the S.S. Sagamore Hill, Etc., Defendants-Third Party v. Gulf Stevedore Corp., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Nicola Massa v. C. A. Venezuelan Navigacion, and Third-Party v. John W. McGrath Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
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