HODGSON v. LLOYD BRASILEIRO PATRIMONIO NACIONAL

No. 13397.

294 F.2d 32 (1961)

James HODGSON v. LLOYD BRASILEIRO PATRIMONIO NACIONAL, Appellant, v. MURPHY-COOK & CO.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1961.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Byrne, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Joseph P. Green, Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

George E. Beechwood, Philadelphia, Pa. (Beechwood & Lovitt, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before KALODNER, STALEY and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


STALEY, Circuit Judge.

On this appeal we are called on to determine a shipowner's right to indemnity from a stevedoring company for damages paid to a longshoreman for personal injuries sustained during the loading of a ship.

James Hodgson, a longshoreman employed by Murphy-Cook & Company, the stevedoring company, commenced an action against Lloyd Brasileiro Patrimonio Nacional ("shipowner") for personal injuries inflicted on him aboard its ship during...

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