United States Second Circuit

Where plaintiff alleged he had been working under the direct supervision of defendant's employee at the time of his injury, triable issues could subject defendant to liability as a third-party vessel owner under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) and under federal and state common law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/08/2002
• Published 04/08/2002

Judges

• SACK, Circuit Judge., Before: LEVAL and SACK, Circuit Judges, and RAGGI, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul C. Matthews, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• David R. Hornig, Nicoletti Hornig Campise & Sweeney (Julia M. Moore, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Weeks Marine, Inc., William M. Kimball (James P. O'Connor, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Collazo Contractors, Inc.