United States of America, Third-Party v. San Francisco Elevator Company, Third-Party

OPINION

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, * BROWNING and SNEED, Circuit Judges. VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by third-party plaintiff United States of America from that part of the judgment of the district court limiting its recovery from third-party defendant San Francisco Elevator Company for indemnity to $300,000, although provable damages were established at $370,000 plus attorneys’ fees. We reverse and hold that the United States is entitled to indemnity from San Francisco Elevator in the full amount the United States was required to pay in a maritime wrongful death action by a…