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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