all - Opinion Summaries

Mason & Dixon Intermodal, Inc. v. Lapmaster Int'l LLC

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Transportation
In a diversity action regarding damage to goods in interstate carriage, the district court's order granting approval of the parties' good-faith...

Deering v. Nat'l Maint. & Repair, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit under the Jones Act against his employer for injuries sustained in an accident aboard a towboat, district court's dismissal of the...

Alphamate Commodity GMBH v. CHS Europe SA

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's order vacating a maritime attachment, the order is vacated where the district court lacked maritime...

Roberts v. Director, OWCP

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a petition for review of an Office of Workers Compensation Programs' order partially granting petitioner's request for benefits under the Longshore...

Am. Cargo Transp., Inc. v. US

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Transportation
In an action against the Department of State Agency for International Development, alleging a violation of federal cargo preference laws and...

Fednev Int'l Ltd v. Cont'l Ins. Co.

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Transportation
In plaintiff vessel carrier's suit for attorney's fees, costs, and expenses incurred in earlier litigation, involving damaged steel in transit from...

Bauer v. MRAG Americas, Inc.

Admiralty, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action by a fisheries observer aboard a fishing boat who was injured by a cable on the vessel that snapped and hit her, the dismissal of the...

Am. Milling Co. v. Brennan Marine, Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a case involving an allision between one or more barges and a casino boat on the Mississippi River, the district court's order requiring plaintiff...

Am. Milling Co. v. Trustee of the Distribution Trust

Admiralty, Gaming Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action arising out of an accident in which a casino ship was damaged by a barge that broke loose from a towboat, partial judgment for plaintiff...

Bielunas v. F/V Misty Dawn, Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's suit against a vessel owner for suffering serious injuries while working as a commercial fisherman, claiming Jones Act negligence, ship...