CRUMADY v. THE JOACHIM HENDRIK FISSER

Nos. 12138-12140.

249 F.2d 818 (1957)

John H. CRUMADY, Appellant in No. 12138 v. THE JOACHIM HENDRIK FISSER, Her Engines, Tackle, Apparel, etc., and Joachim Hendrik Fisser and/or Hendrik Fisser, Respondents (Nachirema Operating Co., Inc., Impleaded Respondent Appellant in No. 12140; Hendrik Fisser Aktien Gesselschaft, Claimant Appellant in No. 12139).

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1957.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa. (Sidney A. Brass, Newark, N. J., on the brief), for Crumady.

Victor S. Cichanowicz, New York City (Charles N. Fiddler, New York City, Frederick H. Cunningham, New York City, on the brief), for Hendrik Fisser Aktien Gesselschaft.

John J. Monigan, Jr., Newark, N. J., (Stryker, Tams & Horner, Newark, N. J., on the brief), for Nacirema Operating Co.

Before MARIS, STALEY and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

Proceeding in rem against the ship Joachim Hendrik Fisser, the libellant Crumady has sued in admiralty to hold the ship and its owners responsible for personal injuries suffered by him while working on the ship as a stevedore employed by Nacirema Operating Co. in the unloading of the vessel at a berth in Port Newark, New Jersey. The respondent impleaded libellant's employer, Nacirema Operating Co., seeking thereby to obtain indemnification for...

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