DOW CHEMICAL CO. v. M/V CHARLES F. DETMAR, JR.

No. 76-1405.

545 F.2d 1091 (1976)

The DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. M/V CHARLES F. DETMAR, JR., its tackle, etc., in rem, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Broders, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Robert Eikel, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MOORE, Senior Circuit Judge, and PELL and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


PELL, Circuit Judge.

This admiralty case arose from the fact that plaintiff's barge (bare-boat chartered), while being towed by defendants' tugboat collided with a bridge on the Mississippi River. Facts were stipulated and upon the basis of these and depositions the district court entered a judgment for $135,000.00, the amount of damages claimed in the complaint.

On May 9, 1973, Commercial Transport Corporation (Commercial) sent The Dow Chemical Company (Dow...

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