RANDOLPH v. LAEISZ

Civ. A. No. H-87-3565.

707 F.Supp. 275 (1989)

John RANDOLPH, et al., Plaintiffs, v. F. LAEISZ, et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. I.T.O. CORPORATION, et al., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

February 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Kuhn, Richard Warren Mithoff, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Britt K. Davis, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., for intervenor.

Kenneth D. Kuykendall, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Houston, Tex., for defendants and third-party plaintiffs.

Thomas C. Fitzhugh III, Fitzhugh & Filteau, P.C., Houston, Tex., for third-party defendants.


OPINION ON SUMMARY JUDGMENT

HUGHES, District Judge.

The shipowner brought this third-party action against the stevedore for contribution and indemnity in an action by an injured checker against the shipowner. The checker's suit was brought under the Longshore and Harbors Workers' Compensation Act, resulting in a judgment against the shipowner. The stevedore did not employ the checker. Because any causal link between the stevedore's negligence and the checker...

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