Legal Opinion

Red Star Towing & Transportation Co. v. the Cargo Ship "Ming Giant"

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided May 6, 1983No. 78 Civ. 2442 (PNL), 78 Civ. 5448 (PNL) and 78 Civ. 5537 (PNL)PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

LEVAL, District Judge.

Yangming seeks a ruling that it has a right to contribution from Red Star for a portion of Yangming’s liability to Lorraine Mowen. Mowen moves for prejudgment interest.

Yangming contends that Red Star owes it contribution to the extent that Red Star’s employee Dennis Mowen was responsible for the collision. The jury’s findings are explained in the opinion of December 3, 1982, at 552 F.Supp. 367, 370 (S.D.N.Y. 1982). In brief, the jury apportioned one-ninth of the responsibility for the collision to Dennis Mowen, the remainder to Yangming and assessed further…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
  3. Earl E. Robinson v. Pocahontas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
  4. Jesse Earl McCormack v. Noble Drilling Corporation, Chevron Oil Company, Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  5. Petition of Marina Mercante Nicaraguense, SADistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1965

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Hillier v. Southern Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  2. Barbara Stissi, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ronald Stissi, Deceased v. Interstate and Ocean Transport Co. Of Philadelphia, in the Matter of the Complaint of Interstate Towing Co., as Owner of the Tug Delaware, Interstate Marine Transport Co., as Owner of the Barge Interstate 36, and Interstate and Ocean Transport Co., as Bareboat Charterer of the Barge Interstate 36, and the Tug Delaware, for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability. Judith Lax, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ruth Calabro, Deceased v. Interstate Towing Co., as Owner of the Tug Delaware, Interstate Marine Transport Co., as Owner of the Barge Interstate 36, and Sonat Marine, Inc., Formerly Known as Interstate and Ocean Transport Co., as Bareboat Charterer of the Barge Interstate 36, and Tug Delaware, Sonat Marine, Inc., Cross-Appellee. Thomas J. Furey, Cross-Appellant v. Interstate Towing Co., as Owner of the Tug Delaware, Interstate Marine Transport Co., as Owner of the Barge Interstate 36, and Sonat Marine, Inc., Formerly Known as Interstate and Ocean Transport Co., as Bareboat Charterer of the Barge Interstate 36, and Tug Delaware, Sonat Marine, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
  3. In Re Theodore H. Friedman. Grievance Committee for the Southern District of New York v. Theodore H. FriedmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
  4. Ford Motor Co. v. Transport Indemnity Co. (In Re Automobile Transport, Inc.)District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1984
  5. Stissi v. Interstate & Ocean Transport Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985

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