Legal Opinion
Lemar Towing Co., Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided July 17, 1972No. Civ. A. 70-1054PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYLE, District Judge:
The Tug TRUDY B 1 left the Industrial Canal in the Port of New Orleans on October 14, 1969, at about 11:00 p. m., bound, via the Intracoastal Waterway and waters known as the Rigolets, for a destination on the West Pearl River some 80 miles north of its mouth, all of said waterways being Louisiana waters.
At all times pertinent the TRUDY B was manned by a captain, a mate and a deckhand. The two light shell barges she was to deliver to a Jahncke loading dock were made up for pushing until she reached the Rigolets when they were placed in tow astern because of the shallow…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Kossick v. United Fruit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman's Fund InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Waldron v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Continental Casualty Company and Employers Surplus Lines Insurance Company v. Canadian Universal Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Kilpatrick Marine Piling, a Partnership, and Savannah Bank and Trust Company v. Fireman's Fund Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Consolidated Grain & Barge Company v. Marcona Conveyor Corporation, Marcona Sales, Inc. v. Consolidated Grain & Barge CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Employers Insurance of Wausau, in Its Own Right, and as Representative of Those Certain American Underwriters Subscribing to Certificate No. 14880, Etc. v. Occidental Petroleum Corporation v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc., Occidental Petroleum Corporation v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- The Darien Bank v. The Travelers Indemnity Company, Jack Gore v. The Travelers Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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