McGee v. Maru

AINSWORTH, District Judge.

Judge Gus J. Solomon, sitting by special designation, tried this matter without a jury and handed down his written opinion on October 31, 1964, in which he found that the impleaded respondent and cross-libelant, Strachan Shipping Company, had breached its duty to perform its stevedoring work with reasonable safety and that libelant longshoremen had been injured as a result thereof. Judge Solomon found that respondents, the vessel owners, were therefore entitled to a judgment for indemnity, costs and attorneys’ fees and that Strachan’s cross-libel should be dismissed.…