O'Brien Bros. v. Moran Towing Corp.

KENNEDY, District Judge.

These suits arise out of the capsizing of the deck scow Early Light on August 10, 1943, at the Elevator Dock at Erie Basin. On August 9 and 10, 1943, employees of the impleaded respondent Pitts-ton Stevedoring Corporation1 were then discharging ballast from S. S. Oremar into Early Light. The scow was under charter to Moran Towing Corporation at the time, and had been since July 10, 1943. One suit is by the owners of the scow against Moran Towing Corporation2 as charterer. In that suit, Moran impleaded the stevedore, Pittston Stevedoring Corporation. The other suit is…