Trapanatto v. Waterman S. S. Corp.

KENNEDY, District Judge.

Trapanatto asserts a claim against Waterman Steamship Company (Waterman) for damages for personal injuries received in a maritime accident. At the time of his injury Trapanatto was employed by American Stevedores, Inc. (American) as a longshoreman. Trapanatto sued Waterman in the state court, and the cause was removed because of the existence of diversity, Waterman being an Alabama corporation and Trapanatto, according to the undenied allegations of the removal petition, a citizen *50of New York. Waterman then moved to bring in American as a third-party defendant. The…