California Transport Corp. v. United States

LEONARD P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.

The careful and sound analysis of the facts and the proper determination of fault made by the trial court (198 F.Supp. 937) are adopted by this court. This is just another case in which the collision in theory should not have occurred. The weather was fair and sunny and the visibility excellent, the sea smooth and the wind light. The Kemp, a heavily loaded tanker and the U. S. S. Rizzi, a naval vessel, sighted each other *656about two miles apart. Had the Rizzi remained on its course the two vessels would have passed safely. However, some force more personal than…