Legal Opinion
Thomas Santomarco, Libellant v. United States of America, and American Stevedores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 5, 1960No. 234, Docket 25833PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in the admiralty of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York holding the United States liable to the libellant, a longshoreman, for injuries suffered on board the ship, “Henry Gibbins,” and also holding the American Stevedores, Inc. (which we shall call “Stevedores”) liable to the United States for indemnity under a contract between the parties. The facts were as follows.
The ship, “Henry Gibbins,” owned by the United States was being loaded in Brooklyn, her starboard side against the pier. The libellant was a longshoreman,…
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