Gural v. Terry Contracting, Inc.

LEVET, District Judge.

This is a suit brought by Charles Gural as libellant (hereinafter called “Gural” or “libellant”) against Terry Contracting, Inc. (hereinafter called “Terry” or “respondent”) to recover damages for the sinking of libellant’s scow or craneboat, New Jersey, which occurred on October 28, 1955, in the Harlem River, New York City, while said scow was moored to an abutment of a bridge commonly known as the Third Avenue Bridge.

The respondent Terry impleaded L. & J. Concrete Corporation (hereinafter called “L&J” or “respondent-implead-ed”), which had been engaged in loading the…