Legal Opinion
Westar Marine Services v. Heerema Marine Contractors
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 18, 1985No. C-84-4998 EFLPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
LYNCH, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On the afternoon of July 3, 1984 a number of crafts were fastened together and moored in San Francisco Bay south of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. The flotilla consisted of the Heerema Barge H. 109, one or more barges owned by Kaiser Steel Corporation, and a large 1 oil drilling rig owned by Shell California Production, Inc.
At approximately 3:30 p.m. the Heerema Barge dragged her mooring anchor and the flotilla began to drift northward toward the bridge. 2 In response to distress calls, the tug Polaris motored to the…
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