Canal Barge Co. v. S/S Nancy Lykes

CASSIBRY, District Judge:

Plaintiff, Canal Barge Company, Inc., brought this action to recover damages sustained by its barge CBC-38 which, when in tow of the MV JOSEPH M. JONES, of the same ownership, was in collision with the SS NANCY LYKES, owned and operated by defendant Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. A cross-claim for the NANCY LYKES’ greater damages was filed. The plaintiff joined as a co-defendant Crescent Towing & Salvage Co., Inc., owner and operator of the tug WILLIAM S. SMITH which at the time was assisting the NANCY LYKES.

After considering the evidence and applicable law, I find…