Hess Shipping Corp. v. SS Charles Lykes

CABOT, District Judge:

This is an appeal from an interlocutory decree holding Lykes Bros. Steam*348ship Co., the appellant, solely at fault for the collision between its ship, the SS Charles Lykes, and the ST Hess Voyager owned by the Hess Shipping Corp., the appellee. Each party had sued the other and its vessel. The actions were consolidated for a non-jury trial limited to the issue of liability. The appellant Lykes asserts that the findings of fact and the conclusions of law, insofar as the latter relate to Hess’s freedom from fault, are clearly erroneous.

The facts indicate that on the night of…