Legal Opinion
BP Exploration & Oil, Inc. v. Moran Mid-Atlantic Corp.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 28, 2001No. CIV. A. 97-5059PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
RODRIGUEZ, District Judge.
I. Introduction
A more detailed discussion of the facts of this case can be found in this Court’s Findings of Fact, issued even date. For the purposes of understanding these Conclusions of Law, this brief recitation of the facts will suffice.
On or about 6:00 A.M. on April 3, 1994, the GRACE MORAN, a tugboat owned and operated by defendants, Moran Mid-Atlantic Corp., and Moran Towing Company (collectively “Moran”), with its mate on watch asleep in the wheelhouse, crashed through a portion of the outer dock and walkway structure of a dock facility on…
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