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LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP CO. v. PANAMA CANAL CO.

No. 4656.

196 F.Supp. 835 (1961)

LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., as owner of THE S.S. ROBERT LUCKENBACH and as bailee of the cargo laden thereon, Libelant, v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY, a corporation, Respondent.

United States District Court D. Canal Zone, Division Balboa.

September 8, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, New York City and de Castro & Robles, Balboa, Canal Zone, for plaintiff.

General Counsel of the Panama Canal Company, David J. Markun, Chief Counsel, and Theodore P. Daly and Paul T. Dunn, Trial Attys., Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, for Panama Canal Co.

CROWE, District Judge.

This is an action which was begun to recover damages allegedly sustained by the S.S. Robert Luckenbach and her cargo when the vessel grounded in Gamboa Reach on March 24, 1955 while under the control and command of a Panama Canal Company pilot.

The libelant alleges that the damage incurred in part as a result of the negligence of the pilot and in part as the result of the negligence on the part of the Panama Canal Company in conducting...

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