KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff, a seaman on the M. V. Samuel H. Herron, brought this action against the owner of the vessel, his employer, to recover damages for injuries sustained as the result of a fall from a ladder which he was ascending in order to board the vessel, which was in drydock at the time. The defendant brought in R.T.C. Shipbuilding Corp., which was repairing the vessel, as a third-party defendant. Shortly before the trial the shipowner made...
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