PHILIP MORRIS, INCORPORATED v. Sun Leasing Company

MEMORANDUM

LASKER, District Judge.

This action arises out of the alleged theft of a trailer containing cigarettes while it was in custody of defendant Transamerican Trailer Transport, Inc. (TTT) awaiting loading on a vessel for shipment to Puerto Rico. TTT, as third-party plaintiff, sues Transocean Gateway Terminal, Inc. (Transocean) as third-party defendant. The shipment was on Transocean’s loading dock at the time of the alleged theft. Simultaneously with the commencement of this action, plaintiff commenced a civil action in New York State Supreme Court and an admiralty action in this court,…