Falco Lime, Inc. v. Tide Towing Company Marine Office of America Corporation

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Falco Lime, Inc., appeals the District Court’s 1 judgments in favor of Tide Towing Company and Marine Office of America Corporation (MOAC). We affirm.

At the times relevant to this case, Falco owned numerous barges that it used to move lime along the Mississippi River from its supplier in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, to its facilities in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Falco and Tide had entered into a contract whereby Falco chartered the MTV Senator Sam, a towboat owned and operated by Tide, to move its barges on the river. During the summer of 1988, the…