SAM D. JOHNSON, Justice.
This is an admiralty collision case in which a tug towing two barges and owned by the appellant collided with a pier owned by the appellee.
The plaintiff, J. J. Spiller, Jr., built an L-shaped pier on the San Bernard River in 1966. This river is one of the navigable waters of the United States and is used for commercial barge traffic. It is a winding, narrow public waterway with many steep bends and turns.
The pier built by...
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