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GEORGIA KAOLIN INTERN. v. M/V GRAND JUSTICE

No. 79-4047.

644 F.2d 412 (1981)

GEORGIA KAOLIN INTERNATIONAL, A Division of Yara Engineering Corp., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V GRAND JUSTICE, Her Engines, Tackle, Etc. and Grand Navigation Corp., Owners and Operator of the M/V Grand Justice, Defendants, Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, Amerop Division; Western Trading Corp., Third Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

Rehearing Denied July 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph O. Bowden, III, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

David F. Sipple, Lamar C. Walter, Savannah, Ga., for M/V Grand Justice, et al.

Before TUTTLE, RONEY and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Georgia Kaolin International appeals from a judgment awarding damages to a vessel and her owners on their counterclaim based upon the damages suffered by the vessel when she broke away from GKI's dock in the Savannah River. The trial court's judgment was based upon its determination that the dolphin1 to which the vessel was made fast was inadequate to withstand the pull on the hull of the vessel caused by the incoming...

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