Miculka v. American Mail Line, Ltd.

EAST, District Judge.

It appears from the complaints in the above two actions that:

On March 15, 1962, the plaintiff and libelant George Miculka (Longshoreman) was an employee of the defendant American Mail Line, Ltd. (American-Stevedore) at the time the self-same American Mail Line, Ltd. (American-Charterer) was a bareboat charterer of the respondent vessel S.S. WASHINGTON MAIL; and

While so employed and in the course of discharging cargo from the vessel, Longshoreman was injured as a direct result of the improper rigging of gear and unseaworthiness of the vessel;

On January 28, 1964,…