Manuel Diaz v. Western Ventures, Inc., Etc., Defendant-Third-Party v. Dade Drydock Corporation, Etc., Third-Party

INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Manuel Diaz sued defendant shipowner, Western Ventures, Inc., for personal injury and lost income. The defendant filed a third party action over and against plaintiff’s employer, Dade Drydock Corporation, for indemnity. The case was tried to the court without a jury.

Diaz, a ship repairman, sustained injuries aboard a vessel undergoing repairs in Dade’s drydock compound. Believing that he had been aboard the M/V Western Venturer when he slipped on a piece of loose pipe in a darkened engine steering room doorway, Diaz initiated this action against Western…