COLEMAN, Chief Judge.
The issue in this case, vigorously contested by the government, is whether it is liable in damages for 20% of what happened when the Coast Guard left a buoy out of place and the skipper of the M/V ATLANTIC BREEZE ran his vessel into a jetty in the Calcasieu Channel, outside Cameron, Louisiana.
The District Court found both parties negligent and apportioned fault at 80% against the vessel owners and 20% against the United States. The government...
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