Whayne v. Transportation Management Service, Inc.

VAN DUSEN, District Judge.

The above two actions were consolidated and tried to the court on December 6-7, 1965. As shown by paragraph 3 of the Report of the Pre-Trial Conference held 12/2/65 (Document 33), 1 the issues presented for trial on December 6 were plaintiff-libellant’s (hereinafter referred to as plaintiff) contention that defendant-respondent (hereinafter called defendant) operated, managed and controlled the activities in which the M. V. “Shuttler” was engaged at the time of the collision and that it was part of a transportation complex, of which the owner of the above vessel was…