Frescati Shipping Co Ltd and T v. Citgo Asphalt Refining Company, No. 11-2576 (3d Cir. 2013)
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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. Civil Action Nos. 2-05-cv-00305 / 2-08-cv-02898) Trial District Judge: Honorable John P. Fullam District Judge: Honorable Joel H. Slomskyï ª ________________ Argued September 20, 2012 ï ª 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,ï ªï ª 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 ï ªï ª Honorable Kathleen M. O Malley, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation. 2 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 3
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