Legal Opinion
Complaint of Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided April 17, 1975No. Civ. 914-71PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEEKS, * District Judge:
This case arises from the grounding of the French passenger liner ANTILLES on an uncharted reef in the Grenadine Islands of the Caribbean Sea. The grounding occurred at 1621 hours on January 8, 1971 as ANTILLES was attempting a westerly passage of the channel that is bounded by the Island of Mustique to the South, and the group of rocks known as The Pillories, to the North.
As a result of the casualty, the owner and operator of ANTILLES, Compagnie Generate Transatlantique (“Owner”), filed a petition for limitation of or exoneration from liability in the United…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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