Legal Opinion
Delta Steamship Lines, Inc. v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 3, 1984No. 82-3625PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal 1 requires this Court to make another trek through “[t]hat Serbonian Bog” 2 of damages in maritime cases. Before us are claims for detention damages, replacement costs, general average processing expenses, and attorneys’ fees sought from DeLaval Turbine, Inc., Avon-dale Shipyards, Inc., and Zurn Industries, Inc. and the trial court’s dismissal of Avon-dale Shipyards, Inc. Because we find that the trial court erred in its method of calculating detention damages and failed to award damages for cost of replacement of the couplings, we reverse as to…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- The UmbriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by56 opinions
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