Legal Opinion
Houma Well Service, Inc. v. Tug Capt. O'Brien
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided April 17, 1970No. Civ. A. 66-883PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge:
A workover drilling barge under tow up the Mississippi River capsized. The barge’s hull insurer paid the owner and the cargo interests and sued the tug, its owners, and their insurers, to recover its loss alleging that the tug was negligent and had violated its contract of towage. It also sued another tug that had assisted in the towage for a part of the voyage.
Workover Barge No. 9 was under contract to work over a well for Superior Oil Company at Cox Bay, which is in the Louisiana marshes east of the Mississippi River near Port Sulphur in Plaquemines Parish. When the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Stevens v. the White CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- The Schooner Catharine v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
- Compania De Maderas De Caibarien, S. A. v. The Queenston Heights, Etc., Esso Shipping CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- The PerseveranceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- Curtis Bay Towing Co. Of Virginia, Inc. v. Southern Lighterage Corp. The J. Alvah Clark. The Covered WagonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Dow Chemical Company v. Tug Thomas AllenDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1972
- S. C. Loveland, Inc. v. East West Towing, Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1976
- McDonough Marine Service, Inc. v. M/V Royal StreetDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1979
- Flowers Transportation, Inc. v. M/v Peanut Hollinger, Her Engines, Tackle, Apparel, Etc., in Rem, Plimsoll Marine, Inc. And AdnacCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Ryan Walsh Stevedoring Co. v. James Marine Service, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1983
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