Bridges Scott v. The Ss Ciudad De Ibague, Her Engines, Tackle, Furniture and Apparel, and Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S. A.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

We consider here a familiar problem: A shipowner, having paid damages for personal injuries suffered by a longshoreman on board its vessel, seeks indemnity from the longshoreman’s stevedore employer on the theory that the stevedore breached its warranty of workmanlike performance. 1 Having lost the battle in the court below, the shipowner comes to this court armed with a variety of appellate arguments fashioned from inferences and presumptions. Because we conclude that the facts of this case foreclose a successful assertion of the shipowner’s arguments, we affirm the…