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SOCONY MOBIL OIL CO. v. TEX. COASTAL & INTERN.

No. 75-3479.

559 F.2d 1008 (1977)

SOCONY MOBIL OIL COMPANY, INC., Mobil Oil Company, Ltd. and Mobil Oil, A. G., Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. TEXAS COASTAL AND INTERNATIONAL, INC., Steamtanker Padre Island, Inc., in personam, and the Steamtanker "Padre Island", her engines, tackle, etc., in rem, Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Barton Williams, Nashville, Tenn., George Stelljes, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., Warren H. Greene, Jr., Mobil Oil Corp., New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants cross-appellees.

James F. Moseley, Jacksonville, Fla., for defendants-appellees cross-appellants.

Glickstein, Crenshaw, Glickstein & Hulsy, Jacksonville, Fla., for Merritt-Chapman.

Arthur Roth, Miami, Fla., Adams & Adams, Jacksonville, Fla., for intervenors.

Before GEWIN, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs successfully demonstrated to the trial court that three cargoes of their oil, loaded in good condition on the Steamtanker PADRE ISLAND, were contaminated with water when discharged after each voyage. Awarded $131,316.34, plaintiffs appeal the denial of prejudgment interest. Defendants cross-appeal as to liability. We reverse the denial of prejudgment interest but affirm on liability, the...

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