Western Towboat Company v. Vigor Marine LLC

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 WESTERN TOWBOAT COMPANY, 9 Plaintiff–Counterclaim No. C20-0416-RSM 10 Defendant, BENCH ORDER, FINDINGS OF 11 v. FACT, AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 12 VIGOR MARINE, LLC, 13 Defendant–Counterclaim Plaintiff. 14 15 I. INTRODUCTION 16 This case is before the Court for judgment on Plaintiff Western Towboat Company 17 (“Western”)’s and Defendant Vigor Marine, LLC (“Vigor”)’s cross-motions for breach of 18 contract and Vigor’s counterclaim for maritime negligence arising from the sinking of the YFD- 19 70 Drydock in the…