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AMERICAN EXPORT LINES v. NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING & DRY. CORP.

No. 9364.

336 F.2d 525 (1964)

AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, Owner pro hac vice of the S.S. EXMOUTH, Appellee, v. NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK CORPORATION, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. S. Parsons, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Parsons, Stant & Parsons, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Harry E. McCoy, Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and HEMPHILL, District Judge.

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

This litigation began when Herbert J. Bielawski, an employee of Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation, sued American Export Lines, the owner pro hac vice of SS EXMOUTH, for injuries sustained aboard that vessel. The ship requested the shipyard to defend the suit, but the latter declined to do so. The ship then filed a third-party complaint. After the jury absolved the ship of all liability and held the shipyard solely responsible...

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