Legal Opinion
The Curtis Bay Towing Company, Claimant-Respondent v. James Sadowski, as Owner of the Tug Mareco
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1957No. 7409_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge.
The District Court, sitting as a court of admiralty, awarded full damages to the owner of a tug damaged in a collision, despite the undisputed fact that the operation of the tug was negligent. The court held that the negligence of the Mareco, the appellee’s tug, did not contribute to the collision, and that the other vessel, the appellant’s tug, the Gremlin, which was undamaged, was solely at fault.
The only question we are to decide is whether or not the negligence of the appellee’s tug, the Mareco, contributed to the collision in which she alone was damaged, the fault…
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