Van Horn v. Gulf Atlantic Towing Corp.

MEMORANDUM

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

The matter stands on a motion for summary judgment filed by Gulf Atlantic Towing Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Gateo). Treating the facts, with all proper inferences to be drawn therefrom, favorably to the plaintiff, we nevertheless find that this case is controlled by Union Carbide Corporation v. Goett, 4 Cir., 256 F.2d 449, vacated and remanded on other grounds, 361 U.S. 340, 80 S.Ct. 357, 4 L.Ed.2d 341 decided on remand, 4 Cir., 278 F.2d 319, cert. den. 364 U.S. 826, 81 S.Ct. 64, 5 L.Ed.2d 55.

Gateo was the owner of an unmanned steel barge…