Crescent Wharf & Warehouse Co. v. Barracuda Tanker Corporation

696 F.2d 703 CRESCENT WHARF & WAREHOUSE CO., a corporation, Plaintiff-Cross Appellee, v. BARRACUDA TANKER CORPORATION, Union Oil Company of California, and Hendy International Company, Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants. Ralph M. Hartman, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant. Nos. 82-5290, 82-5298. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 4, 1982. Decided Jan. 11, 1983. 1 Ruth E. Peters, Washington, D.C., Jack Williams, Glendale, Cal., for crescent. 2 Michael J. Faber, Lillick, McHose & Charles, Los Angeles, Cal., for Barracuda. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 4 Before FLETCHER and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and EAST, * Senior District Judge. EAST, Senior District Judge: 5 The plaintiff-intervenor, above named, (Director) appeals the final judgment of the District Court entered on January 12, 1982 which denied the Director indemnity from the negligent owners of the vessel Barracuda. The defendants, above named, (Owners) cross-appeal the above final judgment which granted the above-named plaintiff-cross appellee (Crescent Wharf) such…