Legal Opinion
SKIBS A/S SILJESTAD v. S/S Mathew Luckenbach
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 21, 1963PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.
These are cross-libels in admiralty by the owners of two radar equipped vessels, the Norwegian flag m/v Francis-ville and the United States flag s/s Mathew Luckenbach, arising out of a collision between them in Buzzards Bay in dense fog on July 29, 1959. Another libel is by cargo aboard the Francisville to recove from the Mathew Luckenbach interests general average payments totaling $60,000. All libels were consolidated for trial.
The principal issue is whether the Mathew Luckenbach was contributorily at fault since the Francisville concedes hers. We will first…
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