Legal Opinion
Ove Skou v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 23, 1976No. 74--3366PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:
Ove Skou, owner of the cargo liner MADS SKOU, appeals from that part of the judgment of the trial co'urt which denied it damages for the loss of the vessel’s use for a period of 10 and 5/i2 days occasioned by having been struck and holed by an assisting Army tug. The trial court allowed damages by way of compensation for all of the repairs rendered necessary by the collision.
On May 10, 1969, while the plaintiff’s vessel was maneuvering away from a dock it was struck and damaged by the tug. As a result, she put into Tampa, Florida, the nearest available port capable of…
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