Legal Opinion
Compania Galeana, S. A. v. The Motor Vessel Caribbean Mara, Etc., Captain Antonios Tantoulas, Master of S. S. Florida State, Claimant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 3, 1978No. 77-2269PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
On February 27,1974, the S.S. FLORIDA STATE, en route from Tampa, Florida, to Tampico, Mexico, sighted the abandoned M/V CARIBBEAN MARA ablaze on the high seas. The FLORIDA STATE’S crew boarded the vessel, extinguished the fires, and towed her back to Tampa.
Captain Antonios Tantoulas, the master of the FLORIDA STATE, appeals a court-approved salvage settlement, contending that the settlement, having been approved without his consent, is not binding upon him; that the settlement, the crew’s allotment, and his share are inadequate; and that his attorney should have been awarded a fee. The…
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