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CAPITAL COASTAL CORP. v. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO.

Civ. A. No. 73-305-N.

378 F.Supp. 163 (1974)

CAPITAL COASTAL CORPORATION and Bulk Towing Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. The HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Third Party Defendant.

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

July 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. McCardell, Jr. of Crenshaw, Ware & Johnson, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiffs.

Robert M. Hughes, III, of Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., for The Hartford, defendant and third party plaintiff.

David V. Hutchinson, Trial Atty., Admr. & Shipping Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for third party defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Capital Coastal Corporation, was the bare boat charterer of the Tug CRISTIE, owned by plaintiff, Bulk Towing Corporation. On August 22, 1972, the CRISTIE left Capital's pier in Berkley and headed for Pig Point which is behind Craney Island and approximately ten miles from Capital's pier.

The CRISTIE's mission was to attempt to refloat a barge which had been beached off Pig Point. The...

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