MARINE NAV. SULPHUR CARRIERS v. LONE STAR INDUS.

Nos. 80-1325, 80-1368 and 80-1417.

638 F.2d 700 (1981)

In the Matter of the Complaint of MARINE NAVIGATION SULPHUR CARRIERS, INC., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as owners of the S/T Marine Floridian for exoneration from or limitation of liability, Appellees, v. LONE STAR INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc.; Plant Food Products, Inc.; Anthony H. Moogalian t/a Airport Grocery; Lawrence B. Robertson; Charles E. Satterford; Joaquin Serrano; Ahmed Aziz Thabit; James Tripp, Jr.; James L. Wearren; James L. Wheeler; Dennis Wilson; Walter Woods; Gayle Young; John C. Zbiegien; Garfield C. Ebanks; Henry J. Wells; Heinz Grabhorn; John Holmes; George L. Ebanks; Frank Banks; Clarence Mahew; Ezell Mays; Peter W. Georgopoulos; Jesus M. DeJesus; William J. Edwards; Lee J. Fontenot; Commonwealth of Virginia; James R. Lyle; Don C. Paedae; Allied Towing Corporation; Herbert Rene Krebs; Joseph F. Smith, Jr.; Terminal Stevedores, Inc.; Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc.; Chemical Carrier Corporation of Virginia; Frederick O'Neal; William Wiggins; Athenian Shipping Corporation; Frank O. Irvine; Malcolm Jamieson, Trading as Berkeley Plantation; C. Hill Carter, Jr., Trading as Shirley Plantation; Bartlett Oil Company, Inc.; Ira Carter; Henry C. Frazier; Groome Transportation, Inc.; Kinsley Smith, Defendants. In the Matter of the Complaint of MARINE NAVIGATION SULPHUR CARRIERS, INC., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as owners of the S/T Marine Floridian for exoneration from or limitation of liability, Appellees, v. ALLIED TOWING CORPORATION, Appellant, and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc.; Plant Food Products, Inc.; Anthony H. Moogalian t/a Airport Grocery; Lawrence B. Robertson; Charles E. Satterford; Joaquin Serrano; Ahmed Aziz Thabit; James Tripp, Jr.; James L. Wearren; James L. Wheeler; Dennis Wilson; Walter Woods; Gayle Young; John C. Zbiegien; Garfield C. Ebanks; Henry J. Wells; Heinz Grabhorn; John Holmes; George L. Ebanks; Frank Banks; Clarence Mahew; Ezell Mays; Peter W. Georgopoulos; Jesus M. DeJesus; William J. Edwards; Lee J. Fontenot; Commonwealth of Virginia; James R. Lyle; Don C. Paedae; Herbert Rene Krebs; Joseph F. Smith, Jr.; Terminal Stevedores, Inc.; Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc.; Chemical Carrier Corporation of Virginia; Frederick O'Neal; William Wiggins; Athenian Shipping Corporation; Lone Star Industries, Inc.; Frank O. Irvine; Malcolm Jamieson, Trading as Berkeley Plantation; C. Hill Carter, Jr., Trading as Shirley Plantation; Bartlett Oil Company, Inc.; Ira Carter; Henry C. Frazier; Groome Transportation, Inc.; Kinsley Smith, Defendants. In the Matter of the Complaint of MARINE NAVIGATION SULPHUR CARRIERS, INC., and Marine Transport Lines, Inc., as owners of the S/T Marine Floridian for exoneration from or limitation of liability, Appellees, v. Frank O. IRVIN, t/a Tri-City Plumbing & Heating Co., Appellant, and R. W. Davis and Son Lumber Co., Inc.; Plant Food Products, Inc.; Anthony H. Moogalian t/a Airport Grocery; Lawrence B. Robertson; Charles E. Satterford; Joaquin Serrano; Ahmed Aziz Thabit; James Tripp, Jr.; James L. Wearren; James L. Wheeler; Dennis Wilson; Walter Woods; Gayle Young; John C. Zbiegien; Garfield C. Ebanks; Henry J. Wells; Heinz Grabhorn; John Holmes; George L. Ebanks; Frank Banks; Clarence Mahew; Ezell Mays; Peter W. Georgopoulos; Jesus M. DeJesus; William J. Edwards; Lee J. Fontenot; Commonwealth of Virginia; James R. Lyle; Don C. Paedae; Allied Towing Corporation; Herbert Rene Krebs; Joseph F. Smith, Jr.; Terminal Stevedores, Inc.; Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc.; Chemical Carrier Corporation of Virginia; Frederick O'Neal; William Wiggins; Athenian Shipping Corporation; Lone Star Industries, Inc.; Malcolm Jamieson, Trading as Berkeley Plantation; C. Hill Carter, Jr., Trading as Shirley Plantation; Bartlett Oil Company, Inc.; Ira Carter; Henry C. Frazier; Groome Transportation, Inc.; Kinsley Smith, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Waters, II, Norfolk, Va. (Kaufman & Oberndorfer, Norfolk, Va., on brief), Peter W. Rowe, Norfolk, Va. (Stackhouse, Rowe & Smith, Norfolk, Va., on brief), James G. Harrison, Hopewell, Va. (Marks, Stokes & Harrison, Hopewell, Va., on brief) for appellants.

Philip N. Davey, Norfolk, Va. (Steven G. Schwartz, Seawell, McCoy, Dalton, Hughes, Gore & Timms, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before BUTZNER, WIDENER and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Allied Towing Corporation, Lone Star Industries, Inc., and Frank O. Irvine (claimants) appeal the district court's dismissal of their claims for various economic losses resulting from a vessel-bridge collision. We affirm.

On February 24, 1977, the S/T Marine Floridian collided with the Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge over the James River near Hopewell, Virginia. As a result of the collision, the river was closed to...

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