CONTORNO v. FLOTA MERCANTE GRANCOLOMBIANA, S.A.

No. 323, Docket 25870.

278 F.2d 719 (1960)

Onofrio CONTORNO, Plaintiff, v. FLOTA MERCANTE GRANCOLOMBIANA, S.A., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN STEVEDORES, INC., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Magnor, New York City (Vernon S. Jones, Thomas R. McLoughlin, New York City, Joseph P. Ritorto, Brooklyn, N. Y., Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, on the brief), for defendant and third-party plaintiff-appellant.

Lillian E. Cuff, New York City (George J. Conway, New York City, on the brief), for third-party defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, MEDINA, Circuit Judge, and JAMESON, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, owner of the steamship M. V. Ciudad De Manizales, appeals from a jury verdict against it and in favor of American Stevedores, Inc., in an action for indemnification for money paid a longshoreman employed by Stevedores and allegedly injured as a result of the negligence of Stevedores' employees. The accident occurred on October 19, 1953, while the longshoreman, Onofrio Contorno, was walking along the deck of the Ciudad De...

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