ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. PEREZ RODRIGUEZ

No. 6787.

376 F.2d 35 (1967)

ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., Claimant, Appellant, v. Antero PEREZ RODRIGUEZ, Libelant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio M. Bird, San Juan, P. R., with whom J. Ward O'Neill, Francis X. Byrn, New York City, Hartzell, Fernande & Novas, San Juan, P. R., and Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, were on brief, for appellant.

Harvey B. Nachman, San Juan, P. R., with whom Nachman & Feldstein, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, and MARIS and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The libelant, Antero Perez Rodriguez, employed as a longshoreman by Alcoa Steamship Company, sustained injuries on one of Alcoa's vessels which it was operating in the navigable waters of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The libelant was awarded compensation by the State Insurance Fund under the Puerto Rico Workmen's Accident Compensation Act.1 He then brought suit in rem in the United States District Court for the...

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