JARKA CORP. OF NEW ENGLAND v. UNITED STATES LINES CO.

No. 6981.

387 F.2d 436 (1967)

JARKA CORPORATION OF NEW ENGLAND, Defendant-Cross-Libelant, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES LINES COMPANY, Plaintiff-Cross-Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

December 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Burns, Boston, Mass., with whom Stephen N. Subrin, John F. Dobbyn and Burns & Levinson, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.

Richard A. Dempsey, Boston, Mass., with whom Leo F. Glynn and Glynn & Dempsey, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee.

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


ALDRICH, Chief Judge.

Lynch, a longshoreman employed by defendant stevedoring company, Jarka Corporation of New England, was injured while unloading a vessel belonging to the plaintiff United States Lines (hereinafter shipowner). Pursuant to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., Jarka, without an award, made workmen's compensation payments to Lynch in the amount of $1731. The shipowner was notified of these payments...

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