FONSECA v. PRANN

Nos. 5605, 5606, 5612.

282 F.2d 153 (1960)

Fermin FONSECA Flores, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Robert R. PRANN, Defendant, Appellee; Jaime FARDONK Vazquez, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. PORTO RICO LIGHTERAGE CO., Defendant, Appellee; Roberto GALINDO Ramos, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SAN JUAN DREDGING CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

September 15, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey B. Nachman, San Juan, P. R., with whom Stanley L. Feldstein and Golenbock & Nachman, San Juan, P. R., were on brief, for appellants.

Walter L. Newsom, Jr., San Juan, P. R., with whom Enrique Cordova Diaz and Brown, Newsom & Cordova, San Juan, P. R., were on brief, for Robert R. Prann, appellee.

Antonio M. Bird, San Juan, P. R., with whom Hartzell, Fernandez & Novas, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for The Porto Rico Lighterage Co., appellee.

Sarah Torres Peralta, San Juan, P. R., with whom Luis E. Garcia Benitez, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for San Juan Dredging Corporation, appellee.

Before WOODBURY, Chief Judge, and HARTIGAN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges.


WOODBURY, Chief Judge.

These appeals present a common question. They were heard together and can be decided by one opinion.

The appellants were seamen and members of the crews of vessels1 who were injured while at work on their respective vessels when afloat on navigable waters within the territorial limits of Puerto Rico. Their employers had insured their employees in accordance with...

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