Interstate Towing Co. v. Stissi

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Sonat Marine, Inc., formerly Interstate and Ocean Transport Co., appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Nickerson, J.), entered on October 29, 1982. Appellant, the bareboat charterer of the tug Delaware and the barge Interstate 36, petitioned the court below for exoneration from, or limitation of, liability arising out of a collision which occurred on Long Island Sound on August 22, 1980.

Claimants against appellant include Thomas Furey, the owner of a small pleasure craft which collided with the barge,…