Legal Opinion
Vierling v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 31, 2003No. 01-15975PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp., 350 U.S. 124, 132-35, 76 S.Ct. 232, 236-38, 100 L.Ed. 133 (1956), held that a stevedore owes a shipowner a duty of workmanlike performance such that, if the duty is breached, the stevedore must indemnify the shipowner for damages it is required to pay a longshoreman who is injured aboard its vessel. The principal issue in this case, brought by the owner of a cruise ship against a port authority, is whether Ryan’s holding (the “Ryan doctrine”) entitles the shipowner to indemnification for damages it paid to a…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Moor v. County of AlamedaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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