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VANDERLINDEN v. LORENTZEN

No. 160.

139 F.2d 995 (1944)

VANDERLINDEN v. LORENTZEN et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

January 12, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar R. Kraetzer, and Haight, Griffin, Deming & Gardner, all of New York City (J. Ward O'Neill, of New York City, of counsel), for Lorentzen.

Patrick J. McCann, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and E. C. Sherwood, of New York City, for Turner & Blanchard, Inc.

Abraham M. Fisch, of New York City, for appellee.

Before L. HAND, CHASE, and FRANK, Circuit Judges.

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by both defendants from a judgment for the plaintiff for personal injuries suffered by the breaking of a ship's ladder (Jacob's ladder) leading over the side of the ship to the deck of a lighter alongside. The jury found both defendants liable, but awarded indemnity in favor of one of them, the stevedore, against the other, the shipowner. In substance, the appeal is therefore only...

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