PPG Industries, Inc. v. Canal Barge Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TEITELBAUM, District Judge.

Plaintiff entered into a contract with third-party defendant Ashland Oil Co. whereby Ashland agreed to transport a quantity of antifreeze liquid belonging to plaintiff from Beaumont, Texas to St. Paul, Minnesota. Pursuant to this agreement, the antifreeze was loaded into an Ashland barge and towed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Ashland entered into a second and separate contract with defendant Canal Barge and agreed to tow the Ashland barge containing the antifreeze from Baton Rouge to its final destination in St. Paul. Somewhere between…