Sergio Degioia v. United States Lines Company, and Third-Party v. American Stevedores, Inc., and Imparato Stevedoring Corp., Third-Party

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Sergio DeGioia, a longshoreman, was injured while unloading the S. S. American Chief at the Brooklyn Army Base. Alleging that his injuries were caused by the negligence of the shipowner and the unseaworthiness of the vessel, he brought an action against the vessel’s owner, United States Lines Company. In turn, United States Lines Company impleaded DeGioia’s employer, American Stevedores, Inc., and Imparato Stevedor-ing Corp., a firm responsible for loading the S. S. American Chief at Bayonne, N. J., its prior port of call. In its third-party complaint, United States Lines…