Legal Opinion
Rose & Lucy, Inc. v. F/V Saint Anna Maria
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 24, 1966No. 64-40PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANCIS J. W. FORD, District Judge.
This is an admiralty action in which libelants as owners of the fishing vessel ROSE AND LUCY seek to recover damages sustained because of the sinking of the ROSE AND LUCY after it had been struck by the fishing vessel SAINT ANNA MARIA on January 4, 1964.
On the day of the collision both of these vessels with other boats of the Gloucester Fishing Fleet had been fishing since early morning at a fishing area known as New Scan turn located in the ocean to the northeast of Gloucester. The ROSE AND LUCY was dragging for ground fish. It had already made one “set”,…
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