WISCONSIN BARGE LINE, INC. v. COASTAL MARINE TRANSPORT CO.

Civ. A. No. 66-12.

285 F.Supp. 264 (1968)

WISCONSIN BARGE LINE, INC. (formerly Bernhardt Bros. Tugboat Service, Inc.) v. COASTAL MARINE TRANSPORT COMPANY, Inc., et al.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

May 21, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Lugenbuhl, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Peter J. Butler, Sehrt, Boyle & Wheeler, New Orleans, La., for intervenor, Fidelity Nat. Bank of Baton Rouge.

Roland C. Kizer, Jr., Kizer, Heaton, Craig & Cangelosi, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant, Coastal Marine Transport, Inc.

William A. Porteous, III, Porteous & Johnson, New Orleans, La., for defendant, Greenwood Ins. Agency, Allen Greenwood, and Mrs. Pat Greenwood.

Maurice J. Wilson, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant, Wright Ins. Agency, Inc.

Edwin K. Legnon, John W. Sims, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for defendants, Harold B. Hill, British Insurance Companies, and Underwriters at Lloyd's.


WEST, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff, Wisconsin Barge Line, Inc. (formerly Bernhardt Bros. Tugboat Service, Inc.) brings this suit under a marine hull policy to recover for the loss of its vessel, the M/V BADGER BOY, which was destroyed by Hurricane Betsy on or about September 10, 1965. Plaintiff filed suit first against the defendants, Coastal Marine Transport Company, Inc., Underwriters at Lloyd's, and numerous British insurance companies. When Underwriters at Lloyd's and...

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