Legal Opinion
Alcoa Steamship Company v. Charles Ferran & Company
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided March 2, 1966No. Adm. 3390-BPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK B. ELLIS, District Judge.
On October 6, 1956, a devastating oil-fed blaze aboard the SS ALCOA CORSAIR gutted a major portion of the vessel’s engine spaces, killed one man and left another badly burned. The owner of the vessel, Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc. (Alcoa) then instituted this million dollar libel for damages against the ship’s repairers, Charles Ferran & Company, Inc. (Ferran), and against Ferran’s insurers. Ferran had just a few hours earlier completed rebricking the starboard boiler. The parties, reserving the determination of the quantum of damages for a later date, tried the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1960
- Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. CushingSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Sun Oil Co. v. Dalzell Towing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Edwards v. Royal Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Olympic Towing Corporation v. Nebel Towing Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Tennessee Valley Sand & Gravel Co. v. M/V DeltaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc., Cross v. Charles Ferran & Co., Inc. And Glens Falls Insurance Company,defendant-Appellants CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Crown Zellerbach Corp. v. Ingram Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Singer v. DorrDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1967
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