Buffalo Marine Service, Inc. v. Monteau

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding damages for the sinking of a shrimp boat during Hurricane Alicia. Following a nonjury trial, the court awarded appellees Richard and Genevieve Monteau the fair market value of the vessel, the cost of raising it and attorney’s fees. Appellant Buffalo Marine Service, Inc. argues that the trial court erred as follows: in applying the wrong standard to judge Buffalo Marine’s conduct; in finding Buffalo Marine negligent and such negligence a proximate cause of the sinking; in failing to find that the Monteaus were negligent; in…