THOMPSON v. KAWASAKI KISEN, K.K.

Nos. 6447, 6457.

348 F.2d 879 (1965)

Albert THOMPSON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. KAWASAKI KISEN, K.K., et al., Appellees. BAY STATE STEVEDORING COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant, Appellant, v. Albert THOMPSON et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

July 7, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Greenberg, Boston, Mass., for Albert Thompson.

Blair L. Perry, Boston, Mass., with whom Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for Bay State Stevedoring Co.

Hiller B. Zobel, Boston, Mass., with whom Robert J. Hallisey, Thomas H. Walsh, and Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Kawasaki Kisen, K.K.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge, and GIGNOUX, District Judge.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue in this negligence action is whether at the jury trial the court properly received evidence of payments to the plaintiff (appellant Thompson) from an unnamed source during a period for which he claimed disability.

Plaintiff, an injured longshoreman, sought recovery from a shipowner (appellee Kawasaki Kisen, K.K.) which in turn sought indemnity from the stevedoring company (Bay State), the plaintiff's employer. The...

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