Cotroneo v. Grancolombiana, Inc.

BARTELS, District Judge.

In this action by a longshoreman against a vessel owner for damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained through the negligence of defendants and the unseaworthiness of their vessel, the defendants have moved, pursuant to Rule 14, Fed.Rules Civ.Proc., 28 U.S.C. A., for an order granting leave to defendants as third-party plaintiffs, to serve a summons and complaint upon plaintiff’s employer, American Stevedores, Inc. Plaintiff opposes the motion upon the grounds that the accident herein occurred on a gangplank and that there can be no connection between the…