LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. UNITED TOWING CO., BARGE 20

No. 20211.

369 F.2d 382 (1966)

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. UNITED TOWING CO., BARGE 20, Ruth A. Prichard, Gary Prichard, a minor, by his guardian ad litem Ruth A. Prichard, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

November 30, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Friedman, Aaron Milberg, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Stanley Fernwood, Oakland, Cal., for appellees Ruth A. Prichard and Gary Prichard.

Before MADDEN, Judge of the Court of Claims, and MERRILL and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant is the workmen's compensation insurer for the employer of appellee Ruth A. Prichard's late husband, who was killed by a barge explosion in the course of his employment. Pursuant to the terms of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq. (1964), appellant has paid compensation benefits to appellee Prichard. She brought this libel against United Towing Company as a third-party shipowner seeking recovery for wrongful...

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