Josepn Skibinski v. Waterman Steamship Corporation v. International Terminaloperating Co., Inc., Third-Party

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

We are here concerned with the question of liability for injuries suffered by plaintiff Skibinski, an employee of the International Terminal Operating Co., Inc., a stevedoring concern and the third-party defendant-appellant herein. When Skibinski was injured, he was working in the cargo hold of the defendant's ship Madaket from which Terminal was engaged in unloading a cargo of sugar. The issue is whether Skibinski’s injury was caused by the unseaworthiness of the Madaket. We affirm the district court which held that the injury was caused by the ship’s unseaworthiness.

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