FLORIDA CANAL INDUSTRIES, INC. v. RAMBO

No. 75-1139.

537 F.2d 200 (1976)

In the Matter of the Complaint FLORIDA CANAL INDUSTRIES, INC., for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability as Owner of the DIESEL TUG W.A.B. Official Number 251285, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles RAMBO as Administrator of the Estates of Sonia R. Hines, Deceased, et al., and Aetna Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants. GULF OIL CORPORATION, for Exoneration from or Liability as Owner of the BARGE PORT EVERGLADES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles RAMBO as Administrator of the Estates of Sonia R. Hines, Deceased, et al., and Aetna Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Vaughan, Tampa, Fla., Susan Goldman, Podhurst, Orseck & Parks, Robert Orseck, Miami, Fla., Clein & Clein, North Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Dewey R. Villareal, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for Gulf Oil Corp.

Brendan P. O'Sullivan, Tampa, Fla., for Fla. Canal Industries.

Before GODBOLD, McCREE and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

Florida Canal Industries, Inc. (Florida) and Gulf Oil Corporation (Gulf) each filed a complaint for exoneration from or limitation of liability1 with respect to the claims of James J. Hines, Jr., individually, and as administrator of the estate of Sonia R. Hines, arising out of an alleged collision between his cabin cruiser and the barge PORT EVERGLADES in Tampa Bay on the night of May 4, 1973. Gulf owned the PORT...

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