STANDARD DREDGING CORPORATION v. S/S SYRA

Adm. No. 4460.

290 F.Supp. 260 (1968)

STANDARD DREDGING CORPORATION, a body corporate, v. S/S SYRA, her engines, boilers, etc. v. UNITED STATES of America v. J. L. DAVIS, Pilot, and Standard Dredging Corporation.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

October 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Skeen, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for Standard Dredging Corp.

Randall C. Coleman, Baltimore, Md., for S/S Syra and her claimant.

Stephen H. Sachs, U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., and Harold G. Wilson, Atty., Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

J. Cookman Boyd, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for Davis.


THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

The original libel in this case was filed by Standard Dredging Corporation, owner of the Dredge Cartagena, against the S/S Syra to recover for damages to the pipeline of the dredge when it was struck by the Syra. The claimant of the Syra impleaded the United States, alleging that the collision was caused or contributed to by negligence of the United States in repositioning a floating buoy. The United States impleaded the Syra's pilot and libelant...

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