Legal Opinion
Trinidad Corporation, Libelant-Appellee v. American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection & Indemnity Association, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 20, 1956No. 154, Docket 23749PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, Circuit Judge.
Libelant is insured under a protection and indemnity (P & I) policy on which it claimed indemnification for damages caused by the negligent operation of its vessel, the S.S. Mercer. Upon respondent insurer’s denial of the claim, libelant brought suit in admiralty, and from the decree there entered, respondent prosecutes this appeal.
The facts, having been stipulated, are not in dispute, and may be stated briefly. The S.S. Mercer negligently collided with a section of pipe and its pontoon support. The pipe and pontoon were part of a series which was attached at one end,…
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