Fidelity Shipping Company, Ltd. v. William Erickson and W. J. Jones & Son, Inc., Fidelity Shipping Company, Ltd. v. Eugene Bennett and W. J. Jones & Son, Inc.

344 F.2d 328 FIDELITY SHIPPING COMPANY, Ltd., Appellant, v. William ERICKSON and W. J. Jones & Son, Inc., Appellees. FIDELITY SHIPPING COMPANY, Ltd., Appellant, v. Eugene BENNETT and W. J. Jones & Son, Inc., Appellees. Nos. 19791, 19792. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. April 12, 1965, Rehearing Denied May 20, 1965. Erskine B. Wood, John R. Brooke, Wood, Wood, Tatum, Mosser & Brooke, Portland, Or., for appellant. Philip Levin, Pozzi, Levin & Wilson, Dennis J. Lindsay, Garry P. McMurry, Krause, Lindsay & Nahstoll, Portland, Or., for appellees. Before ORR, MERRILL and BROWNING, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. 1 Appellees Erickson and Bennett are longshoremen who were injured by a falling boom aboard the Steamship Alexandria. Erickson and Bennett each filed a libel against the vessel and its owner, appellant Fidelity Shipping Company, alleging that their injuries were the proximate result of unseaworthiness of the Alexandria. Appellant impleaded appellee stevedoring company, W. J. Jones & Son, employer of Erickson and Bennett, claiming a right to indmenity due to an alleged failure to perform stevedoring services in a safe, proper, and workmanlike…