Legal Opinion
The Continental Insurance Company v. Hersent Offshore, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 21, 1977No. 34, Docket 77-7089PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
During the night of December 16, 1972, a 135 foot barge, bareboat leased to Hersent Offshore, Inc., and insured by Continental Insurance Company, capsized in Long Island Sound while moored about a mile offshore. This is an appeal from an interlocutory judgment following a non-jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, holding Continental liable to Hersent for losses covered by its Hull Policy.
The district judge found that the barge capsized as the result of a combination of three factors: a storm of gale proportions,…
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