Baker v. Skibs A/S Abaco, Aruba, Astrea & Nuruego

DECISION and ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.

Plaintiff is a longshoreman who claims to have been injured while aboard a ship owned by “Skibs a/s Abaco, Aruba, Astrea & Noruega”. The latter impleaded the plaintiff’s employer, a company named P & V Atlas Maritime Corporation. The latter, in turn, impleaded *475the “time-charterer” of the ship, the Waterman Steamship Corporation. Waterman then filed a cross claim seeking indemnification from Skibs based on the time-charter agreement with Skibs. The court is here concerned with this cross claim by Waterman against Skibs.

Skibs has moved the court…