Smith v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.

TYLER, District Judge.

This is an action brought pursuant to the Jones Act and general maritime law for injuries sustained as the result of an assault by a fellow crew-member. Defendant moves under Rule 14(a), F.R.Civ.P., 28 U.S.C.A., to join the alleged assailant, who is no longer in its employ, as third-party defendant.. Plaintiff opposes the motion upon the generally asserted grounds that the alleged assailant is impecunious, that impleading him can serve only to delay the trial, presently set down as No. 1037 on the Trial Calendar, and that such impleader is sought in order to “pressure”…