Legal Opinion
Marine Design, Inc. v. Zigler Shipyards, a Division of Leevac Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1986No. 85-4134PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Zigler Shipyards, a division of Leevac Corporation, appeals a judgment rendered after a bench trial in this Louisiana diversity suit, awarding Marine Design, Inc. quasi-contract and quantum meruit damages of $60,000. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In December 1978 Zigler entered into an agreement with Poling Brothers Transportation Corporation for the construction of an 80,000-barrel tank-barge at Zigler’s shipyard in Jennings, Louisiana. Marine Design, a naval architectural firm, had prepared five conceptual drawings and a set of design specifications which it agreed to release to…
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