Maddalone v. Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas

An Argentine shipping line and Jarka Corporation of New England (Jarka), a corporation offering stevedoring services, concluded an agreement for such services from Jarka. The plaintiff Salvatore Mad-dalone, a longshoreman, was injured while working for Jarka and sued the Argentine line which impleaded Jarka as third-party defendant on the basis that the injury was caused by Jarka’s breach of its warranty of workmanlike service. A jury found for the plaintiff and also for *865the shipowner against Jarka, and a Superior Court judge granted Jarka’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.…