Skibs A/s Siljestad and the East Asiatic Co., Limited v. S.S. Mathew Luckenbach and Luckenbach Steamship Company, Inc.

This litigation results from a collision in dense fog between the M/V Francis-ville and the S.S. Mathew Luckenbach in Buzzards Bay, on July 29, 1959. The Francisville, bound east, admitted fault in failing to proceed at a moderate speed in fog. The Luckenbach sought exoneration but was found contributorily at fault and not entitled to the major-^iinor fault rule. Judge Murphy’s opinion states: “We are compelled to this finding because we are persuaded that her principal contentions are contrived; 1 her principal factual witnesses unworthy of belief; her records falsified, and her expert…