Gladden v. Cia De Commercio y Vapores S.A.

WOOD, District Judge.

This is an action by a longshoreman, John Gladden, against Cia De Commercio Y Vapores S.A. (hereafter called Cia), a shipowner, for injuries sustained by plaintiff when a ladder which he was descending allegedly pulled away from the coaming and caused plaintiff to fall into the hold.

It is Cia’s position that the bolts securing the ladder to the coaming were sheared off during the negligent operation of a crane used by the Lavino Shipping Company (hereafter called Lavino), stevedores, in unloading the vessel. La-vino, however, had been engaged to unload the vessel not by…