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LUSSON v. CARTER

Civ. No. 77-700(PG).

599 F.Supp. 8 (1983)

Carmen LUSSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. James CARTER, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

August 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Feldstein, Gelpi, Toro & Hernandez, San Juan, P.R., and Arthur Abarbanel, Shulman, Abarbanel & Schlesinger, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Jose A. Gonzalez Gierbolini, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dept. of Justice of P.R., San Juan, P.R., for Carlos Romero Barcelo and Julia Rivera de Vicenti.

Herbert W. Brown III, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Juan, P.R., for United States of America and James Carter, President of U.S.A.

Jimenez & Fuste, San Juan, P.R., for Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Co. & for intervenor Caribe Tugboat.

OPINION AND ORDER

PEREZ-GIMENEZ, Chief District Judge.

This cause came to be heard on remand after the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated the portion of our judgment of dismissal against co-defendant, Shipowners & Merchant Towboat Co., Ltd. ("Shipowners"). The dismissal against Caribe Tugboat Corp. was affirmed. We were asked to reconsider whether Shipowners is a statutory employer under 11 L.P.R.A. 20, and, therefore, immune...

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