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SIMMONS v. SEA-LAND SERVICES, INC.

Nos. 81-1808, 81-1815, 81-1836, 81-1865 to 81-1869.

676 F.2d 106 (1982)

Pearlie SIMMONS, Appellant, v. SEA-LAND SERVICES, INC., Appellee. Michael D. HART, individually and for the use and benefit of Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellant, v. D.B. Denis NAKLIYATI T.A.S., Appellee. Melvin BANDY, for and on behalf of himself, individually, Appellant, and American Mutual Insurance Company of Boston, Plaintiff, v. BANK LINE, LTD., Appellee. Fred L. SPRATLEY, for and on behalf of himself, individually, Appellant, and Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc., Plaintiff, v. HELLENTIC LINES, LTD., Appellee. Thomas E. McLEAN, Appellant, and Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc., Plaintiff, v. CIA TRANSATLANTIC ESPANOLA, S.A., Appellee. Charles A. CALDWELL, Appellant, and Commercial Union Insurance Co., Plaintiff, v. OGDEN SEA TRANSPORT, INC., Appellee. Wallace CURRY, Appellant, and Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc., Plaintiff, v. COMPANIA CRASATLANTICA ESPANOLA, S.A., Appellee. Wilbert C. HAROLD, for and on behalf of himself, individually, Appellant, and The Hartford Accident Indemnity Insurance Company, Plaintiff, v. COMPANHIA DE NAVEGACAO MARITIMA NETUMAR, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 12, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Rabinowitz, Norfolk, Va. (Rabinowitz, Rafal & Swartz, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant Pearlie Simmons.

John H. Klein, Norfolk, Va. (C. Arthur Rutter, Jr., Breit, Rutter & Montagna, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellants Melvin Bandy, Fred L. Spratley, Thomas McLean, Charles Caldwell, Wallace Curry & Wilbert Harold.

Allan D. Zaleski, Robinson, Eichler, Zaleski & Mason, Norfolk, Va., on brief, for appellant Michael D. Hart.

John B. King, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Ogden Sea Transport, Inc., Companhia De Navegacao Maritima Netumar, Compania Crasatlantica Espanola, S.A.

Carter B. S. Furr, Norfolk, Va. (Jett, Agelasto, Berkley, Furr & Price, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for D. B. Denis Nakliyati T.A.S., Hellentic Lines, Ltd.

John R. Crumpler, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, Dalton, Hughes & Timms, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Bank Line, Ltd., Sea-Land Services, Inc.

Before WIDENER, HALL and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.

K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated appeals involve common issues of law regarding a longshoreman's right to sue third parties pursuant to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 901 et seq. For the reasons expressed herein, we affirm the decision of the district court.

Each of these cases involves a longshoreman who was injured on the job and who accepted compensation benefits without contravention by their...

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