Legal Opinion
Sims v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 25, 1975No. 74-2205PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVELY, Circuit Judge.
This case concerns the right of a shipowner to recover by way of indemnity from a wharfinger the attorneys fees and other costs of litigation incurred by the shipowner in defending an action by a crew member against the shipowner and the wharfinger for personal injuries suffered in a fall on property subject to the control of the wharfinger. The plaintiff Sims was a member of the crew of the Sylvania, owned by Tomlinson. He was returning to the Sylvania from shore leave by driving over a road which led through the marshaling area of the C & O yard at Toledo, Ohio…
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