LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY

60499.

155 Ga. App. 940 (1980)

274 S.E.2d 52

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy W. Courington, Charles Pippin, for appellant.

Charles B. Mikell, Jr., William T. Daniel, Jr., for appellee.


BANKE, Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether an insurance company which has provided benefits to the widow of a deceased employee pursuant to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 USCA § 901 et seq., has any remedy under state law against the third-party tortfeasor who allegedly caused the employee's death.

The deceased employee worked for a stevedoring company which was insured by the appellant insurance company against claims...

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