Legal Opinion
Marine Transport Lines, Inc. v. M/V Tako Invader
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 14, 1994No. 94-30247PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Marine Transport Lines, Inc. (“Marine Transport”) brought an admiralty action against M/V Tako Invader, Lumar Marine, Inc., and Tako Towing, Inc. (“Tako Towing”) to recover damages its barge sustained in a collision with the Tako Invader on the Mississippi River. Tako Towing appeals the district court’s calculation of damages and apportionment of fault. Finding only a mathe-matícal error in the court’s calculation of damages, and an insufficient legal basis for its apportionment of fault, we affirm in part and remand in part.
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