Levatino Company v. M/S HELVIG TORM

COOPER, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a New York corporation, instituted this action in admiralty 1 to recover for shortage and damage to seven shipments of Spanish melons, 2 comprising 12,846 wooden cases, delivered to defendant D/S Torm A/S, a Danish steamship company doing business as a common carrier under the trade name of Torm Lines, at the Port of Alicante, Spain, for transportation to the Port of New York on board defendant’s vessel the Helvig Torm. Defendant impleaded John W. McGrath Corporation (hereinafter McGrath), the discharging stevedore, asserting its right to indemnification for…