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ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. CHARLES FERRAN & COMPANY

Adm. No. 3390-B.

251 F.Supp. 823 (1966)

ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., Libellant, v. CHARLES FERRAN & COMPANY, Inc., et al., Respondents.

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

March 2, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Rault, Benjamin W. Yancey, Edward S. Bagley, Francis Emmett and Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., for libellant, Alcoa S. S. Co., Inc.

George B. Matthews, George A. Frilot, III, and Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., for respondents Charles Ferran & Co., Inc., and others.

Leon Sarpy, James G. Burke, Jr., and Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Hopkins, New Orleans, La., for other respondent insurers.

FRANK B. ELLIS, District Judge.

On October 6, 1956, a devastating oilfed blaze aboard the SS ALCOA CORSAIR gutted a major portion of the vessel's engine spaces, killed one man and left another badly burned. The owner of the vessel, Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc. (Alcoa) then instituted this million dollar libel for damages against the ship's repairers, Charles Ferran & Company, Inc. (Ferran), and against Ferran's insurers. Ferran had just a few hours earlier completed...

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