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Summary: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _ No. 11-2576 _ IN RE: PETITION OF FRESCATI SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD., AS OWNER OF THE M/T ATHOS I AND TSAKOS SHIPPING & TRADING, S.A., AS MANAGER OF THE ATHOS I FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY _ No. 11-2577 _ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellant v. CITGO ASPHALT REFINING COMPANY; CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION; CITGO EAST COAST OIL CORPORATION _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (D.
Summary: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _ No. 11-2576 _ IN RE: PETITION OF FRESCATI SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD., AS OWNER OF THE M/T ATHOS I AND TSAKOS SHIPPING & TRADING, S.A., AS MANAGER OF THE ATHOS I FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY _ No. 11-2577 _ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellant v. CITGO ASPHALT REFINING COMPANY; CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION; CITGO EAST COAST OIL CORPORATION _ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (D.C..
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 11-2576
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IN RE: PETITION OF FRESCATI SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD., AS OWNER
OF THE M/T ATHOS I AND TSAKOS SHIPPING & TRADING, S.A.,
AS MANAGER OF THE ATHOS I FOR EXONERATION FROM
OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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No. 11-2577
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Appellant
v.
CITGO ASPHALT REFINING COMPANY; CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION;
CITGO EAST COAST OIL CORPORATION
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(D.C. Civil Action Nos. 2-05-cv-00305 / 2-08-cv-02898)
Trial District Judge: Honorable John P. Fullam
District Judge: Honorable Joel H. Slomsky
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Argued September 20, 2012
Judge Slomsky was assigned to this matter following the retirement of Judge Fullam,
who presided at trial and ruled on the merits.
Before: AMBRO, GREENAWAY, Jr., and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judge
(Opinion filed May 16, 2013)
ORDER AMENDING PRECEDENTIAL OPINION
AMBRO, Circuit Judge
IT IS NOW ORDERED that the published Opinion in the above case filed May
16, 2013, be amended as follows:
On page 25, in the first full paragraph, first sentence, replace the word “that” with
“with” and the first “in” with “that” so that the sentence reads: “We agree with the
Second Circuit’s reasoning that Crumady and Waterman counsel in favor of Frescati’s
third-party beneficiary status.”
Following that same sentence, insert an additional footnote, which shall read:
CARCO makes a belated argument that Crumady and Waterman are of
dubious precedential value in light of the 1972 amendments to the
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. These amendments
required negligence (as opposed to an unsafe condition) for a longshoreman
to recover against a ship owner, and abolished the ship owner’s right of
indemnity against the stevedore. See 33 U.S.C. § 905(b); Scindia Steam
Nav. Co., Ltd. v. De Los Santos,
451 U.S. 156, 164–65 (1981). This
legislative exclusion, however, does not undermine the fundamental
premise that a ship owner may benefit from an arrangement between third
parties. As such, Judge Posner has noted that, following this amendment,
“indemnity has continued to be sought in cases not involving longshoremen
and hence not within the scope of the Longshore[] and Harbor Workers’
Compensation Act.” Hillier v. S. Towing Co.,
714 F.2d 714, 718–19 (7th
Cir. 1983) (Posner, J.).
On page 23, in the first paragraph, second sentence, replace “some” with “a
compelling” so that the phrase reads: “there must be a compelling showing”
By the Court,
/s/ Thomas L. Ambro, Circuit Judge
Dated: July 12, 2013
Honorable Kathleen M. O’Malley, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit, sitting by designation.
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mlr/cc:
Jack A. Greenbaum, Esq.
John D. Kimball, Esq.
Alfred J. Kuffler, Esq.
John J. Levy, Esq.
Eugene J. O'Connor, Esq.
Timothy J. Bergere, Esq.
George M. Chalos, Esq.
Frank P. DeGiulio, Esq.
Douglas L. Grundmeyer, Esq.
J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., Esq.
Carter G. Phillips, Esq.
Derek A. Walker, Esq.
Richard Q. Whelan, Esq.
William J. Honan, Esq.
George R. Zacharkow, Esq
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