Legal Opinion
Alcoa Steamship Co. v. Walsh
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided September 16, 1959No. 2672PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DANIEL HOLCOMBE THOMAS, District Judge.
On November 13, 1957, the S/S Alcoa Corsair, while being shifted in Mobile Harbor, came into collision with a moored vessel, the S/S Josefina. Alcoa Steamship Company, as owner of the Corsair, filed a libel against the Tug John T. Walsh and its owners, Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company, seeking recovery for collision damages to the Corsair and the Josefina. The answer of the respondents admitted the collision, but asserted the defenses that the same was due to the fault of the Corsair and those in charge of her; that libelant had assumed the risk of…
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- Standard Oil Co. v. Shipowners' & Merchants' Tugboat Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927
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