MENDENHALL v. M/V TOYOTA MARU NO. 11

No. 75-2602.

551 F.2d 55 (1977)

Ralph G. MENDENHALL, Plaintiff-Appellee. v. M/V TOYOTA MARU NO. 11, her boilers, tackle, engines, appurtenances, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY, Movant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight A. McKabney, William H. Beatty, Ray J. McQuary, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, for movant-appellant.

DeCastro & Robles, Woodrow DeCastro, Betty H. Olchin, Balboa, Canal Zone, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, CLARK and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

The Panama Canal Company seeks to intervene in this suit between one of its employees and the third party allegedly responsible for his injuries. It desires to recover sums advanced by it to the employee under the federal compensation statute from any judgment or settlement which the employee secures. The district court, holding that the Canal Company did not have standing to demand this reimbursement, denied intervention. Concluding the power...

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