DIXIE CARRIERS, INC. v. OTTO M. LIPSCOMB, INC.

Nos. 13530, 13531.

387 So.2d 1357 (1980)

DIXIE CARRIERS, INC. v. OTTO M. LIPSCOMB, INC., Ohio Barge Line, Inc., Warrier & Gulf Navigation Company, XYZ Barge Company, ABC Towing Company and DEF Insurance Companies. Randall L. ROMINE v. CAJUN MARINE SERVICE, INC. et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar F. Barnett and J. L. Cox, Jr., Woodley, Barnett, Cox, Williams & Fenet, Lake Charles, for plaintiff.

Joseph P. Tynan and James O. M. Womack, Burke & Ballard, New Orleans, Attys. for Ohio Barge Co. & Warrier & Gulf Navigation Co.

Ronald A. Johnson and Richard A. Cozad, Johnson & McAlpine, New Orleans, for Otto M. Lipscomb, Inc.

Before EDWARDS, LEAR and WATKINS, JJ.


EDWARDS, Judge.

At 11:15 P.M. on January 29, 1978, Randall L. Romine was a crewman on board the tugboat, "Edith," owned by Cajun Marine Service, Inc. The Edith was pushing barge DXE 1107, owned by Dixie Carriers, Inc., in a westerly direction in the Intracoastal Canal near Morgan City. Earlier that evening, four loaded barges, including OBL 22, owned by Ohio Barge Line, Inc., had been towed by the tugboat, "Olivette," owned by Otto M. Lipscomb, Inc., to a point along...

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