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ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. VELEZ

No. 6703.

376 F.2d 521 (1967)

ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Ulpiano VELEZ, Manager, Puerto Rico State Insurance Fund, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

April 20, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose L. Novas, Nicolas Jimenez, San Juan, P. R., and William E. Wright, New Orleans, La., with whom J. Ward O'Neill, New York City, Rodolfo Sequeira, Hartzell, Fernandez & Novas, San Juan, P. R., Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, and Rodriguez Ema & Rodriguez Ramon, San Juan, P. R., were on brief, for appellants.

Peter Ortiz, Asst. Sol. Gen., J. F. Rodriguez Rivera, Acting Sol. Gen., for Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, with whom J. B. Fernandez Badillo, Sol. Gen., was on brief, for appellee.

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

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The question presented on this appeal is whether the Puerto Rico Workmen's Accident Compensation Act, 11 L. P.R.A. § 1 et seq., is applicable to seamen who have been employed in the continental United States and who are working temporarily in the navigable territorial waters of Puerto Rico as crew-members of foreign1 owned vessels when they are injured.

The plaintiffs Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc., A...

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