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COMPANIA TRASATLANTICA ESPANOLA, S.A. v. MELENDEZ TORRES

Nos. 6558, 6566.

358 F.2d 209 (1966)

COMPANIA TRASATLANTICA ESPANOLA, S.A., Defendant, Appellant, v. Carmen MELENDEZ TORRES, etc., et al., Appellees. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AGENCY, INC., et al., Third-Party Defendants, Appellants, v. Carmen MELENDEZ TORRES, etc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided March 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vicente M. Ydrach, San Juan, P. R., with whom Hartzell, Fernandez & Novas, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for Compania Trasatlantica Espanola, S. A.

Francisco Agrait Oliveras, San Juan, P. R., with whom Rivera Zayas, Rivera Cestero & Rua, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for International Shipping Agency, Inc., and Maryland Casualty Co.

Harvey B. Nachman, San Juan, P. R. with whom Nachman & Feldstein, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for Carmen Melendez Torres, etc., et al.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, and MARIS and McENTEE, Circuit Judges.

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

These cases arise out of an accident which occurred aboard a vessel owned by the defendant, Compania Trasatlantica Espanola, S. A., (hereinafter called the shipowner) as a result of which plaintiffs' intestate, one Martin Beltran, lost his life. On November 8, 1962, the deceased, who was one of a gang of longshoremen employed by International Shipping Agency, Inc., an independent stevedoring contractor, was engaged in handling cargo on said...

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