Legal Opinion
Pennzoil Producing Co. v. Offshore Express, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 18, 1991No. 90-3276PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.
This case requires this Court to review a decision of the district court 735 F.Supp. 195, apportioning damages resulting from an allision of an offshore utility vessel with a natural gas pipeline. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the district court’s judgment in all respects.
I. Facts and Procedural History
The facts found by the trial court are as follows. On .a dark and foggy night in March 1986 Captain Joseph Corey was at the helm of the M/Y GREEN CANYON EXPRESS, a 185' utility vessel owned by Offshore Express, Inc. The vessel was proceeding north through the…
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