Barrett Line v. Alamo Chemical Transportation Co.

EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., District Judge:

Plaintiff’s cause of action arises from a collision between two towing vessels, the M/V MOLLY SMITH and the M/V CRECOW, at a bend near the forty-third mile of the Morgan City-Port Allen Canal. CRECOW had in tow a Barge M-611, of which plaintiff, The Barrett Line, was owner pro hac vice, and the barge was damaged in the collision. Plaintiff acted against both the Alamo Chemical Transportation Company, owner and operator of the MOLLY SMITH, and the Devall Towing and Boat Service, owner and operator of the CRECOW, to recover damages done to its barge.

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