McCROSS v. RATNAKAR SHIPPING CO.

Admiralty Nos. 4897, 4931, 4997; Civ. Nos. 15956, 15957, 17105, 17705.

265 F.Supp. 827 (1967)

Hezekiah McCROSS v. RATNAKAR SHIPPING CO., Ltd. v. TERMINAL SHIPPING COMPANY. James BOOKER v. SAANUM, EINAR (SKIBS A/S AGNES) v. NACIREMA OPERATING COMPANY. William RANDOLPH v. CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORP., a body corporate, and Lawrence E. Wilson and Central Gulf Steamship Corp. v. TERMINAL SHIPPING COMPANY and Maryland Port Authority. Julia T. KLOSEK, surviving widow of Joseph J. Klosek, deceased, to her own use and to the use of her minor children, and Julia T. Klosek, Administratrix, Estate of Joseph J. Klosek v. BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY, a body corporate v. NACIREMA OPERATING COMPANY, Inc. William H. JOHNSON v. BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY, a body corporate v. NACIREMA OPERATING COMPANY, Inc. Milton J. LEJK v. YAMASHITA-SHINNAHON STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. PATAPSCO SHIP CEILING & STEVEDORE COMPANY. Leroy M. PARKER for himself and to the use of Pennsylvania National Mutual Insurance Company v. JAPAN LINES, LTD. v. TERMINAL SHIPPING COMPANY.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

March 16, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Cardillo, Fried & Cardillo, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff in Admiralty No. 4897.

Howard Fine and Raymond J. Cardillo, Fried & Cardillo, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs in Admiralty Nos. 4931 and 4997.

John J. O'Connor, Jr., O'Connor & Preston, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs in Civil Nos. 15956 and 15957.

Fred Ginsberg and Eugene V. Chircus, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff in Civ. No. 17105.

Maurice J. Pressman and Louis G. Close, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for plaintiffs in Civ. No. 17705.

Southgate L. Morison, Ober, Williams & Grimes, Baltimore, Md., for defendant and third-party plaintiff in Admiralty No. 4897.

Carlyle Barton, Jr. and Donald A. Krach, Niles, Barton, Gans & Markell, Baltimore, Md., for defendant and third-party plaintiff in Admiralty No. 4931.

Randall C. Coleman and Thomas W. Jamison, III, Ober, Williams & Grimes, Baltimore, Md., for defendant and third-party plaintiff in Admiralty No. 4997.

Peter Parker, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., for defendants and third-party plaintiffs in Civ. Nos. 15956 and 15957.

Southgate L. Morison and Richard R. Jackson, Jr., Ober, Williams & Grimes, Baltimore, Md., for defendant and third-party plaintiff in Civ. No. 17105.

Southgate L. Morison, Baltimore, Md., for defendant and third-party plaintiff in Civ. No. 17705.

Louis G. Close, Jr., Due, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Baltimore, Md., for third-party defendants in Admiralty Nos. 4897 and 4997.

Southgate L. Morison, Baltimore, Md., for third-party defendant in Admiralty No. 4931.

Herbert F. Murray, Baltimore, Md., for third-party defendant Maryland Port Authority in Admiralty No. 4997.

Randall C. Coleman, Baltimore, Md., for third-party defendants in Civ. Nos. 15956 and 15957.

John H. Skeen, Jr., Skeen, Wilson & Gilbert, Baltimore, Md., for third-party defendant in Civ. No. 17105.

W. Hamilton Whiteford, Due, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, Baltimore, Md., for third-party defendant in Civ. No. 17705.

David R. Owen, of Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., amicus curiae.


FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

In all seven of these cases an employee of a stevedoring company has filed suit in this Court against a shipowner, claiming damages for injuries suffered by him in the performance of his work.1 In each case the shipowner (defendant) has answered, denying his liability and, in addition, has impleaded the stevedoring company as third-party defendant alleging, inter alia, that any injuries sustained...

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