Doca v. Marina Mercante Nicaraguense S.A.

OPINION

KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge:

The plaintiff, Jack A. Doca, sues the defendants Marina Mercante Nicaragüense, S.A. [hereinafter referred to as “Marina”] and Pittston Stevedoring Corporation [hereinafter referred to as “Pittston”] for personal injuries sustained by him on the M/V Costa Rica on July 23, 1975. Plaintiff Fannie C. Doca, Jack Doca’s wife, sues both defendants for loss of consortium and Marina and Pittston have cross-claimed against each ■ other. This case was originally brought as a diversity action and a jury impanelled, but at the close of the plaintiffs’ case, upon…