Legal Opinion
Ryan Walsh Stevedoring Co. v. James Marine Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1986No. 84-3793PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
James Marine Service, Inc., challenges the amount of the award in an admiralty allision case. We affirm.
I
The derrick barge FRANK L, owned by Ryan Walsh Stevedoring Co., Inc., (Ryan Walsh), was in tow of the M/V HIAWATHA, owned by James Marine, when it collided with the Huey P. Long bridge spanning the Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana, on April 2, 1980. The D/B FRANK L consisted of a derrick mounted on the deck of a barge and was used for loading and unloading vessels anchored in the Mississippi River. When the barge struck the bridge, the derrick…
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