ADDISON v. BULK FOOD CARRIERS, INC.

No. 73-1362.

489 F.2d 1041 (1974)

William ADDISON, Plaintiff, v. BULK FOOD CARRIERS, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, Appellee, v. JOHN J. ORR & SON, INC., Third-Party Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Berman, Medford, Mass., with whom Michael T. Prendergast, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Leo F. Glynn, Boston, Mass., with whom Glynn & Dempsey, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, McENTEE and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a stevedoring firm, was impleaded as third-party defendant in an action for negligence and unseaworthiness initially brought in September 1972 by one of its employees, Addison, against the owner of a vessel, Bulk Food Carriers, Inc., on which he was injured in July 1972. The third-party complaint, filed January 16, 1973, alleged that if Bulk Food was liable to Addison, then appellant was liable to the same extent to Bulk Food for...

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