Legal Opinion
Ove Skou v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1973No. 72-3216PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
In this suit a shipowner seeks damages for the loss of use of its ship while undergoing repairs. The United States admits that it negligently damaged the ship M/V MADS SKOU. As a result, the ship was out of service for ten and five-twelfths days. The district court awarded the shipowner damages equal to the amount a charterer would have paid in rental for the days the ship was laid up for repairs. On appeal, the United States alleges two errors in this award. First, the court did not require the shipowner to prove that he could have subsequently chartered his vessel had…
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