Angelo Del Re v. Prudential Lines, Inc.

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

This is another in a series of cases 1 in which we have been required to interpret the statutory scheme Congress established to compensate longshoremen and certain other maritime workers for work-related injuries. Section 33(b) of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 933(b) (the “Act”), provides that “all right” that a longshoreman has to sue a negligent third party (usually a shipowner) for personal injury damages is automatically assigned to his employer unless the longshoreman commences an action against the third party within six…