Legal Opinion
Lucas v. " BRINKNES" SCHIFFAHRTS GES.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 5, 1974No. Civ. A. 73-1120, 73-2150PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HUYETT, District Judge.
Congress in 1972 gave careful consideration to the compensation scheme provided by the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act of 1927, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. (1970). Among the matters extensively treated in the 1972 Amendments to the Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. as amended (Supp. II 1972), was the question whether third-party suits should be allowed by the longshoreman against the vessel which caused the longshoreman to be injured. Congress did provide for such suits when the vessel’s negligence caused the injuries. 33 U.S.C. § 905(b) (Supp. II…
2Cases cited36 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
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by68 opinions
- Thomas W. Griffith v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and American Commercial Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Antonio Napoli v. (Transpacific Carriers Corp. And Universal Cargo Carriers, Inc.) Hellenic Lines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Ceco Corp. v. ColemanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Celia Zapico v. Bucyrus-Erie Co., and Third-Party v. Atlantic Container Line, Ltd., Third-Party and Antonio Fuet, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Arcell v. Ashland Chemical Co., Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1977
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