Legal Opinion
Salvatore Rapisardi v. United Fruit Company, and Third-Party v. Sam Barbara Co., Inc., Third-Party
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 21, 1971No. 369, 370, Dockets 33845, 33925PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge:
In this action against the United Fruit Company, owner of the vessel S.S. FRA BERLANGA, plaintiff, a wood butcher 1 employed by the third-party defendant Sam Barbara & Company (Barbara), alleged in his complaint that while he was in the course of his employment upon the vessel he had suffered physical injury and consequential loss as the result of the shipowner’s negligence and the vessel’s unseaworthiness. 2 As is the practice in such cases, the ship owner filed its third-party action against Barbara for indemnification.
Barbara had been engaged by the shipowner to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Petterson v. Alaska S. S. Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Murphy v. American Barge Line Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- Mamiye Bros. v. Barber Steamship Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Newburger, Loeb & Co. v. GrossCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Newburger, Loeb & Co. v. GrossCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Joseph Oliveri v. Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. And Crowley Maritime Corp., and Third-Party v. Midland-Ross Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- John Mileski, an Infant Over the Age of 14 Years, by His Parent and Natural Guardian, Edward Francis Mileski v. The Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Miller v. LovettCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
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