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J. RAY McDERMOTT & CO. v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, ETC.

No. 3740.

180 F.Supp. 169 (1960)

J. RAY McDERMOTT & CO., Inc., Libellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, THE Tug CAPTAIN COOTIE, Dolty J. Cheramie, Jr., and Raoul A. Savoie, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

January 26, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faris, Leake & Emmett, New Orleans, J. Y. Gilmore, Jr., New Orleans, proctors for libellant.

George W. Lester, Baton Rouge, proctor for Dept. of Highways and Raoul A. Savoie.

Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, William S. Stone, Jack G. Carinhas, New Orleans, proctors for respondent Dolty J. Cheramie, Jr.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

For eighteen years Raoul Savoie has been the bridge tender of the bridge at Bourg, Louisiana, over the old Intracoastal Waterway. On November 2, 1957, he made a mistake. He lowered the bridge on the extended boom of the barge Pile Driver No. 5 as it was passing through the draw in tow of the tug Captain Cootie. Libellant brings this suit for damage suffered by Pile Driver No. 5 against the Captain Cootie, her owners, and Raoul Savoie...

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