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GARCIA v. FRIESECKE

Nos. 78-1281 to 78-1284, 78-1292 and 78-1297.

597 F.2d 284 (1979)

Jose M. Alonso GARCIA et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Adalbert FRIESECKE and British Marine Mutual Insurance Association, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. SEA LAND SERVICE, INC., Third-Party Defendant, Appellee. Francisco Garcia SERRANO and Jose M. Alonso Garcia, etc., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. GULF ATLANTIC TRANSPORT CORP., and Continental Insurance Co., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. ENTERPRISES SHIPPING CO., INC., Third-Party Defendant, Appellee. Gregario Torres MATOS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, Appellee, v. FRED IMBERT, INC. and Glenn Falls Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendants, Appellees. Virginia MAYSONET, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. AMERICAN EXPORT ISBRANDSTEN LINES, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SAN JUAN MERCANTILE CORP. et al., Third-Party Defendants, Appellees. Rafael E. Claudio TORRES, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SEA LAND SERVICE, INC., Defendant, Appellee. Jose A. Melendez FLORES, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. COPORACION RAYMOND, S. A., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley L. Feldstein, Old San Juan, P. R., with whom Feldstein, Gelpi, Hernandez & Castillo, Old San Juan, P. R., was on briefs, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Antonio M. Bird, Jr., San Juan, P. R., and Daniel J. Dougherty, New York City, with whom Bird & Bird, San Juan, P. R., Alberto Santiago Villalonga, Hartzell, Ydrach, Mellado, Santiago & Perez, Hato Rey, P. R., Jose Antonio Fuste, Jimenez & Fuste, San Juan, P. R., and Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for defendants and third-party plaintiff, appellees.

Harry Anduze Montano, Hato Rey, P. R., for third-party defendants, appellees.

Carin Ann Clauss, Sol. of Labor, Laurie M. Streeter, Associate Sol., Joshua T. Gillelan, II, and Gilbert T. Renaut, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., on brief, for amicus curiae, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

These appeals present the questions whether the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950, applies to Puerto Rico and, if not, whether the Puerto Rico Workmen's Accident Compensation Act, 11 L.P.R.A. § 1 et seq., (hereinafter PRWACA) supersedes plaintiffs' remedies under the general federal maritime law for negligence and unseaworthiness.

Four of the plaintiffs,

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