Legal Opinion
Prudential Lines, Inc. v. McAllister Bros.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 19, 1986No. 1395, Docket 86-7141PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:
This litigation springs from an accident that occurred while the tugboat Muriel McAllister towed seven barges across Chesapeake Bay. After a three-day bench trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Charles E. Stewart, Jr. found the defendant tugboat operators liable for $99,975 in damages, plus $27,663.15 in prejudgment interest, as a result of the defendants’ negligence. The defendants below now appeal on three grounds. First, they contend that the evidence at trial was insufficient to support a finding that they were…
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