VERNER v. MORAN TOWING & TRANSPORTATION CO.

No. 62 Civ. 2596.

258 F.Supp. 169 (1966)

James R. VERNER, Plaintiff, v. MORAN TOWING & TRANSPORTATION CO., Inc., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. GULFPORT SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION, Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation and Jered Industries, Inc., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

May 9, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burlingham, Underwood, Barron, Wright & White, New York City, for defendant and third-party plaintiff, Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc., William M. Kimball, Gerald S. Rourke, New York City, of counsel.

Mendes & Mount, New York City, for third-party defendant, Gulfport Shipbuilding Corp., Alfred A. Lohne, Edmond A. Kavounas, Jr., New York City, Richard L. Weaver, Bronxville, N. Y., of counsel.


OPINION

LEVET, District Judge.

In this seaman's action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, the plaintiff Verner seeks to recover damages from Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc. (hereinafter "Moran") for personal injuries sustained on December 24, 1961 aboard the tugboat "M. Moran" at Pusan, Korea because of an alleged failure of the tugboat's steering mechanism. Moran impleaded Gulfport Shipbuilding Corporation (hereinafter "Gulfport"), the...

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