Mathiesen v. Panama Canal Co.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

CROWE, District Judge.

This action in personam was filed by the plaintiff, Arthur H. Mathiesen, as owner of the M/S BETTINA against the defendant, The Panama Canal Company on May 5, 1972 almost three years after the date of the accident on May 16, 1968. The collision between the M/S BETTINA and the M/S GABONKUST occurred at about 0680 hours and thereafter on the same day the Board of Local Inspectors convened at 1340 and conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the collision.

The inquiry was conducted in accordance with 2 C.Z.C. § 297 and…