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HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE v. GULF PUERTO RICO LINES

No. 77-1184.

579 F.2d 115 (1978)

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF PUERTO RICO LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge Bermudez Torregrosa, Hato Rey, P. R., with whom Hartzell, Ydrach, Mellado, Santiago, Perez & Novas, Hato Rey, P. R., was on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jose Antonio Fuste, Hato Rey, P. R., with whom Jimenez & Fuste, Hato Rey, P. R., was on brief, for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This action is an appeal from a decision denying shipowner Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Hamburg) indemnity from stevedore Gulf Puerto Rico Lines, Inc. (Gulf) for an award of $9,106, plus interest, to injured longshoreman Francisco Vazquez Torres, an employee of Gulf.

Vazquez was injured September 29, 1968, while employed by Gulf as a longshoreman-motorman. Bundles of tin plates were being unloaded...

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