COMPLAINT OF FLOTA MERCANTE GRANCOLOMBIANA, S.A.

No. 72 Civ. 4036-CLB.

440 F.Supp. 704 (1977)

Complaint of FLOTA MERCANTE GRANCOLOMBIANA, S.A., as Owner of the M/V REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, and related case Nos. 72 Civ. 3987, 72 Civ. 4079, 72 Civ. 4936, 72 Civ. 5450, and 73 Civ. 1483.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

March 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burke & Parsons, Max Taylor, New York City, for claimant.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, Douglas A. Jacobsen, Gifford, Woody, Carter & Hays, Charles W. Trowbridge, Hill, Rivkins, Carey, Loesberg & O'Brien, Raymond P. Hayden, Bernstein, Weiss, Parter, Coplan & Weinstein, Charles W. Lake, New York City, for claimant/cross-claimant.

Paul C. Matthews, Jr., New York City, for intervenor.

Burlingham, Underwood & Lord, Kenneth H. Volk, New York City, for plaintiff.


FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

BRIEANT, District Judge.

This admiralty action arises out of a collision which occurred on September 14, 1972 off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, approximately 12 miles north of Diamond Shoals Light. The vessels involved were the M/V REPUBLICA DE COLOMBIA ("COLOMBIA"), which is owned and operated by Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S.A. ("Grancolombiana"), and the S.S. TRANSHAWAII ("TRANSHAWAII"), which at that time was owned and operated...

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