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RODRIGUEZ v. COMPASS SHIPPING CO. LTD.

No. 362, Docket 79-7132.

617 F.2d 955 (1980)

Frederico RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMPASS SHIPPING CO. LTD. and Djakarta Lloyd, P.N., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Cizner, New York City (Zimmerman & Zimmerman, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph T. Stearns, New York City (William J. Blumenschein, Walker & Corsa, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before WATERMAN, MOORE and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges.

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

This is one of a series of personal injury actions by longshoremen against shipowners or charterers, nearly all of which have been dismissed by district courts pursuant to § 33(b) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (the Act), 33 U.S.C. § 933(b) on the ground that since the plaintiff in each case settled a compensation claim filed by him against his employer (a stevedoring company) under the Act, accepted...

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