Kenneth McQuaid v. United States v. Keystone Drydock & Ship Repair Co

GANEY, Circuit Judge.

Suit was here instituted by the libel-ant, who was a shore side employee of the Keystone Drydock & Ship Repair Co., in the District Court for the District of New Jersey, by a libel in personam against the United States, as owner of the vessel, U.S.S. Nantahalla, who, in turn, impleaded the Keystone Drydock & Ship Repair Co., under Admiralty Rule 56.

The libel alleged liability on the part of the United States that the vessel and its appurtenances were unseaworthy, and, in the alternative, that the United States was negligent in failing to provide the libelant with a safe…