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McNAMARA v. WEICHSEL DAMPSCHIFFFAHRTS AG KIEL, GERMANY

No. 269, Docket 26587.

293 F.2d 900 (1961)

James P. McNAMARA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WEICHSEL DAMPSCHIFFFAHRTS AG KIEL, GERMANY, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, and Montship Lines Ltd., Defendant-Appellee, v. PITTSTON STEVEDORING CORP., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided September 7, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fenton F. Harrison, Buffalo, N. Y. (James M. Estabrook, New York City, Coffey, Heffernan & Harrison, Buffalo, N. Y., Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, on the brief), for defendant and third-party plaintiff-appellant.

Edward J. Desmond, Buffalo, N. Y. (John E. Drury, Jr., Desmond & Drury, Buffalo, N. Y., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Warren A. Jackman, Chicago, Ill. (Bradley, Pipin, Vetter & Eaton, Chicago, Ill., Hamilton, Dobmeier, Connelly & Kirchgraber, Buffalo, N. Y., on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

J. Edmund DeCastro, Jr., Buffalo, N. Y. (Harry J. Kelly, Jaeckle, Fleischmann, Kelly, Swart & Augspurger, Buffalo, N. Y., on the brief), for third-party defendant-appellee.

Before MOORE, FRIENDLY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

LEONARD P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff (appellee), James P. McNamara, a longshoreman employed by Pittston Stevedoring Corp. (Pittston), was injured while engaged in unloading cargo from the M/V Suderholm, a vessel owned by defendant Weichsel Dampschifffahrts AG Kiel (Weichsel). Weichsel had engaged Pittston to do the stevedoring work. After the commencement of the original action, Weichsel filed a third-party complaint against Pittston. The charterer, Montship...

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