Boney v. Interocean Ugland Management Corp.

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT/THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF INTEROCEAN UGLAND MANAGEMENT’S MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE IN AS PARTY PLAINTIFF AGAINST ATLANTIC CORDAGE CORPORATION

KENT, District Judge.

Plaintiff Terrence Boney filed suit against Defendant Interocean Ugland Management Corporation (“IUM”) for negligence and unseaworthiness under the Jones Act and general maritime law. Boney sought to recover for injuries he suffered on December 2, 1998 while working aboard the vessel HMI DYNACHEM. Although Plaintiff Boney only filed suit against IUM, IUM filed a Third-Party Complaint under Fed.R.Civ.P. 14(c) against…