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DOW CHEMICAL CO. v. M/V GULF SEAS

Civ. A. No. 74-627.

428 F.Supp. 667 (1977)

The DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY v. M/V GULF SEAS, etc., et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Lafayette Division.

March 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Schwing, Provost, Ernest & Schwing, New Iberia, La., Robert Eikel, Eikel & Davey, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Thomas W. Thorne, Jr., Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, New Orleans, La., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

W. EUGENE DAVIS, District Judge.

This admiralty action was brought by Dow Chemical Company (Dow) against Gulf Mississippi Marine Corporation (Gulf Miss), the owner of the Tug M/V GULF SEAS, for the loss of plaintiff's tank barge DC-715 and cargo.

The Barge DC-715 was a chemical tank barge owned by Dow Chemical Company and designed and certificated to transport liquid caustic soda. The barge was 260 feet long, 60 feet wide and 23...

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