Legal Opinion
Wilkins v. P.M.B. Systems Engineering, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1984No. 83-2017PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal of a seaman’s personal injury suit against various defendants. Two of the defendants settled with the plaintiff in return for a Mary Carter agreement providing for their reimbursement from any recovery the plaintiff might later have from the non-settling defendants. We find the trial court’s holding 553 F.Supp. 201, after trial that one of the non-settling defendants had been liable, while holding that the same defendant’s only servant aboard the vessel was not liable, to be internally inconsistent. Because under the evidence the trial court as…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Garrett v. Moore-Mccormack Co., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Booth v. Mary Carter Paint CompanyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
- Mid-South Towing Company v. Har-Win, Inc. v. Okc Corporation Liquidating TrustCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Raymond Leger, Cross-Appellant v. Drilling Well Control, Inc., Dresser Offshore Services, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Harold S. McDaniel v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Third Party v. Force Corporation, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Stolt Achievement, Ltd. v. Dredge B.E. LindholmCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
- Sullivan v. Rowan Companies, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Hoops v. Watermelon City Trucking, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988
- Karim v. Finch Shipping Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
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