Mac Towing Inc. v. American Commercial Lines

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Once again, we are urged to second guess the factual findings of the trial court in an admiralty matter. This litigation arises out of a collision between two tows in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at its intersection with Galveston Bay. Mac Towing, which seeks exoneration from or limitation of liability, asserts that the trial judge erred in his factual determinations and in his equal apportionment of damages between the two tows. Applying the now familiar “clearly erroneous” test to the trial court’s factual findings, we affirm.

I. PACTS

Early on the morning of…