Legal Opinion
Marr Equipment Corp. v. I.T.O. Corp. of New England
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 26, 1982PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Michael Horgan, a longshoreman, was employed by I.T.O. Corporation of New England (ITO), a stevedoring company.2 ITO leased two cranes from the Marr Equip*232ment Corporation (Marr), for the purpose of unloading the S.S. Maria Costa, which was docked at Castle Island. During the unloading, Horgan claims to have been hurt while working in the hold of the ship. With respect to that injury he was entitled, under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. §§ 905, 933 (1976), to file a claim for worker’s compensation. An injured longshoreman may also bring a negligence…
2Cases cited16 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
- Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los SantosSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Rodriguez v. Compass Shipping Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- 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
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Larkin v. RALPH O. PORTER, INC. CEBCO CORP.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Graham Whitcombe v. Stevedoring Services of America, Doing Business as Pacific Container TerminalCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- Shimer v. Foley, Hoag & Eliot LLPMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Guru Jiwan Singh Khalsa v. Sovereign Bank, N.A.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2016
- Rossi v. Oceanview Country ClubMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1997
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