Lowe v. The Vessel Madrid

DYER, District Judge.

This is an in rem action in admiralty, in which the Libelant longshoreman charged that the Respondent vessel “MADRID” was unseaworthy and was negligent in failing to furnish Libelant with a safe place to work. The Respondent vessel impleaded LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC., as a third party Respondent, claiming breach of warranty to perform the obligations of its contract with the Respondent with reasonable safety. LOWE, the longshoreman, who was fifty one years old when the accident occurred, sustained a permanent partial injury to his back on January 8, 1960, while…