Legal Opinion
Offshore Transportation Corp. v. United States
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 24, 1979No. Civ. A. 77-3303, 77-2268PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEAR, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Offshore Transportation Corporation, brought these consolidated actions under both the Federal Tort Claims Act 1 and the Suits in Admiralty Act 2 to recover damages for injuries to its vessels, the M/V GOLDEN TIGER, Civil Action 77-2268 and the M/V FLYING TIGER, Civil Action 77-3303, which allegedly occurred when both vessels struck charted, but otherwise unmarked, objects in the Gulf of Mexico. On May 10, 1978, the plaintiff dismissed without prejudice its claims against the defendants, Amerada Hess Corporation and Texas Crude Oil, Inc., the alleged owners of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- De Bardeleben Marine Corp., as Successor in Interest to Blue Stack Towing Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Somerset Seafood Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- Michael B. Gercey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Willard H. Lane v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Doyle v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1977
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Chute v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Williams by and Through Sharpley v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1983
- Whitmire v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1980
- James A. Chute, Administrator of the Estate of James L. Chute v. United States of America, James A. Chute, Administrator of the Estate of James L. Chute v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979