Dow Chemical Co. v. Barge UM-23B

WEST, Chief Judge:

This libel action was brought by the Dow Chemical Company to recover the cost of replacing its mooring facility in the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which was struck by two breakaway barges, the BC-598, owned by Bartlett & Company, Grain, and Missouri River Barge Lines, Inc. and the UM-23B, owned by the Upper Mississippi Towing Corporation. Upon trial, this Court found that the negligence of Cargo Carriers, Inc. caused the initial breakaway of Barge BC-598 on March 28, 1964, and the breakaway of Barge UM-23B and its collision with the mooring facility on…