St. Clair Marine Salvage, Inc. v. Michael Bulgarelli

OPINION

ALICE M. BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Michael Bulgarelli owns a boat that ran aground in Lake St. Clair, necessitating the services of a salvage ship to tug it free by towing it several feet. Plaintiff St. Clair Marine Salvage, Inc., alleges that the agreed-upon price was approximately $9,000, while Bulgarelli insists he was quoted a price range of $1,000-$1,200. The district court denied St. Clair Marine’s motion for summary judgment in this maritime case, citing the obvious dispute on a question of material fact. Following a bench trial in admiralty, the magistrate judge…