Legal Opinion
The Reiss Steamship Company, Libelant & Cross-Respondent-Appellee v. United States Steel Corporation, and Cross-Libelant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 11, 1970No. 20049PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
The sole issue in this appeal is the propriety of an award of interest over a period of six and one-half years, in the amount of about $50,000, computed from the date of disbursements covering repairs, in a “both to blame” collision case in admiralty.
The damages sustained by The Reiss Steamship Company (Reiss), as a result of the collision, were $273,832.98. The damages to the vessel of United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) were only $10,503.31. The District Judge found U.S. Steel solely at fault. 245 F.Supp. 444 (N.D. Ohio, 1965). U.S. Steel appealed and we reversed, holding that both…
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