A/s J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi v. Commercial Stevedoring Co., Inc.

CLARK, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision, D.C.S.D.N.Y., 146 F.Supp. 617, and decree dismissing the petition of A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, which sought indemnification from Commercial Stevedoring Co., Inc., for the amount paid to Manuel Amador, an employee of Commercial, in settlement of his action for personal injuries sustained by him while unloading Mowinckels’ ship, the Ronda. The major question at issue is whether the district court correctly interpreted an indemnification clause in the contract between Mowinckels and Commercial under which Commercial undertook to…