Legal Opinion
Fort Fetterman v. South Carolina State Highway Department
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1958No. 7604PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.
This is an appeal in admiralty from a decree of the district court holding the appellant vessel Fort Fetterman solely responsible for damages occasioned on October 5, 1955, by the collapse of a bascule span on a highway bridge owned and operated by appellee, when the Fort Fetterman collided with the bridge which spans the Ashley River and connects the City of Charleston with St. Andrews Parish in the State of South Carolina.
The district judge filed extensive findings of facts and conclusions of law holding that the negligent navigation of the vessel…
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