Penn Maritime, Inc. v. Rhodes Electronic Services, Inc.

OPINION

HELEN G. BERRIGAN, District Judge.

This matter concerns the alleged malfunction of an autopilot system onboard a tug, the MTV BLUEFIN, leading to a collision between the BLUEFIN’s barge, PENN 80, and another barge, the OSG 400, in the Delaware River on November 5, 2010. The claims and defenses in this matter were tried to the Court with no jury on May 19 and 20, 2014. Having considered the testimony of the witnesses and all of the evidence, the Court determines that plaintiff Penn Maritime, Inc. (hereinafter “Penn”) has failed to meet its burden of proof that this incident was caused by…