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METRO. STEVEDORE CO. v. CRESENT WHARF & WAREHOUSE CO.

Admiralty, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Appellant was the employer liable for compensation benefits to a Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act ("LHWCA") claimant, under the...

BROWN v. NABORS OFFSHORE CORP.

Admiralty, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Because a Jones Act plaintiff is a seaman, the arbitration clause that his employer contends is included in his contract of employment is outside the...

PATRICIA HAYES ASSOCS., INC. v. CAMMELL LAIRD HOLDINGS U. K.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure
In an action in rem against a vessel, district court did not abuse its discretion in denying sureties' motion to intervene. Sureties failed to allege...

THE KING CO., INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
The district court did not commit error or prejudice an injured seaman in revoking its partial summary judgment determining that maintenance and cure...

WHELIHAN v. ESPINOZA

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
Sections 655(a) and 655.7(c) of the Harbors and Navigation Code do not displace application of primary assumption of risk to the sport of jet skiing.

MCMELLON v. US

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
The government's ownership and operation of a dam across navigable waters can give rise to a regulatory duty to warn, pursuant to 33 C.F.R. section...

VIERLING v. CELEBRITY CRUISES, INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp., 350 U.S. 124 (1956) -- which holds a stevedore owes a shipowner a duty of workmanlike...

BARTHOLOMEW v. CROWLEY MARINE SERVS., INC.

Admiralty
In apportioning a salvage award, the district court should have considered whether the owner of the salving vessel was entitled to part of the award...

SCOTT v. TRUMP INDIANA, INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
For purposes of admiralty jurisdiction in a personal injury action, neither a land-based crane nor a life raft were appurtenances to a vessel; a...

RICHARDSON v. CONT'L GRAIN CO.

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
Denial of attorneys' fees under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act is affirmed where plaintiff did not successfully prosecute his...