Legal Opinion
Commercial Union Insurance v. M/V Bill Andrews
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 21, 1980No. 78-2966PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge.
The diesel tug M/V COLONEL NEAL sank into the Mississippi River on July 23, 1976 after it was buffeted by wheel wash from the M/V BILL ANDREWS during a refueling operation in which the two vessels were engaged. Commercial Union Insurance Company, insurer of the COLONEL NEAL’s owner, paid $32,000 on the loss, and as subrogee filed this suit against the BILL ANDREWS and its owner, Canal Barge, Co., Inc. The district court found the BILL ANDREWS seventy-five percent at fault and the COLONEL NEAL twenty-five percent at fault, and awarded Commercial Union damages…
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