Legal Opinion
Duet v. Delta Marine Drilling Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 28, 1963No. 4947PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, District Judge.
The M/V LADY PHYLLIS, a 64-foot wooden diesel supply vessel sank at about midnight of September 2, 1961, when she struck a mooring buoy of the drilling tender JOSEPH ZEPPA, approximately 7% miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana, in the Gulf of Mexico. The owner of the M/Y LADY PHYLLIS, Felicien Duet, filed a libel in personam and in rem against the JOSEPH ZEPPA and her owner, Delta Marine Drilling Company. Federal Insurance Company intervened as a libelant, seeking recovery of $15,-000 by virtue of subrogation, having paid Duet the full amount of its hull policy on…
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