Hanseatische Reederei Emil Offen & Company, and Cross-Appellee v. Marine Terminals Corporation, and Cross-Appellant

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

Hanseatische Reederei Emil Offen & Company (the shipowner) was held liable, on the basis of unseaworthiness and negligence, to two longshoremen, Randolph and Periot, employees of a stevedore, Marine Terminals Corporation. The stevedore had contracted to unload Hanseatische’s ship, the Ditmar Koel, and the longshoremen were employed by the stevedore to do that work. The shipowner then sought indemnity from the stevedore for the amounts of the longshoremen’s judgments and for the expenses incurred in defending their actions, including attorneys’ fees. The District Court…