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FREEPORT SULPHUR COMPANY v. S/S HERMOSA

Civ. A. No. 71-798.

368 F.Supp. 952 (1973)

FREEPORT SULPHUR COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. The S/S HERMOSA, her engines, tackle, apparel, furniture, etc., in rem and PANSUIZA COMPANIA de NAVIGACION S.A. in personam, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

November 20, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Sims, James B. Kemp, Jr., Richmond Eustis, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Walter Carroll, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

OPINION

This is a simple case of a ship that hit and damaged a wharf. No explanation for the impact is offered. Liability for the resultant damage is therefore clear.

Freeport Sulphur Company (Freeport), was the owner of a sulphur loading and unloading facility, ("the dock"), located on the west, or right descending bank, of the Mississippi River at Port Sulphur, Louisiana. During the night of March 21, 1971, while...

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