The defenses urged here and below are: (1) That the action is barred by the release of Cunningham to Great Lakes Company; (2) that the injury occurred without any negligence on the part of the tug, but solely by libelant's own act.
The theory of first defense is that, assuming a tort to have been committed, Great Lakes Company and the tug were joint tortfeasors...
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