Legal Opinion
Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. v. S.S. Portmar
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 12, 1966PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONSAL, District Judge.
These consolidated libels in admiralty 1 were brought as a result of the collision of the S.S. MORMACGÜIDE and the S.S. PORTMAR, which occurred in the East River in the late evening of January 24, 1961. The starboard buff of the bow of the PORTMAR came into contact with the starboard side of the MORMAC-GUIDE about midships, causing damage to both vessels, which is the subject matter of the libels here involved. The collision took place on a clear, cold evening with unlimited visibility at approximately the middle of the eastern half of the channel in the East River…
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