Legal Opinion
Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel District v. Oil Screw Prince
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 9, 1968No. Civ. A. Nos. 6065, 6071, 6081, 6247PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MacKENZIE, District Judge.
At 8 o’clock A.M. on the morning of March 16, 1967, the Barge NL-5, only minutes adrift from the Tug PRINCE, struck the concrete pilings supporting a portion of the raised roadway of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel complex, causing considerable damage to both the bridge and the barge.
The ill-fated voyage had originated at Curtis Bay, Maryland, at 1 o’clock A.M., March 15, 1967, where the PRINCE had picked up the NL-5 under a contract to tow the barge laden with 1800 tons of sulphuric acid to a fertilizer concern near Norfolk, Virginia. Under the stress of…
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- The Oil Screw Noah's Ark and Charles E. Graham v. Bentley & Felton Corporation, Owner of the Oil Screw CudjoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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