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CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE & TUN. DIST. v. OIL SCREW PRINCE

Civ. A. Nos. 6065, 6071, 6081, 6247.

298 F.Supp. 881 (1968)

CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE & TUNNEL DISTRICT, Plaintiff, v. OIL SCREW PRINCE, Official No. 130847, and her appurtenances, in rem, and her owner, Harry A. Hays, in personam; and the BARGE NL-5, Official No. 253855, and her appurtenances, in rem, and Nilo Barge Line, Inc., a corporation, in personam, her owner, Defendants. NILO BARGE LINE, INC., a corporation, as owner and operator of the Barge NL-5, Plaintiff, v. TUG PRINCE, her engines, tackle, etc., in rem, and Harry A. Hays individually and T/A Hays Tug and Launch Service, as owner and operator of the Tug Prince, in personam, with clause of foreign attachment, and Craig Brothers Marine Railway, Inc., garnishee, Defendants. In the Matter of the Complaint of Harry A. HAYS, individually and T/A Hays' Tug and Launch Service, as owner of the Tug Prince, for exoneration from or limitation of liability in a cause of limitation of liability, civil and maritime. CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE & TUNNEL DISTRICT, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

May 9, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh S. Meredith and Braden Vandeventer, Jr., Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., for Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel District.

Robert M. Hughes, III, Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., for Harry A. Hays.

C. V. Spratley, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for the United States.

Roy L. Sykes, Jett, Sykes & Berkley, Norfolk, Va., for Nilo Barge Line, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

MacKENZIE, District Judge.

At 8 o'clock A.M. on the morning of March 16, 1967, the Barge NL-5, only minutes adrift from the Tug PRINCE, struck the concrete pilings supporting a portion of the raised roadway of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel complex, causing considerable damage to both the bridge and the barge.

The ill-fated voyage had originated at Curtis Bay, Maryland, at 1 o'clock A.M., March 15, 1967, where the PRINCE had picked up...

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