INLAND OIL AND TRANSPORT CO. v. ARK-WHITE TOWING CO.

No. 81-3532.

696 F.2d 321 (1983)

INLAND OIL AND TRANSPORT CO., Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. ARK-WHITE TOWING CO., et al., Defendants, Murphy Marine Service, Inc., Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson & McAlpine, Ronald A. Johnson, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant cross-appellee.

Lugenbuhl, Larzelere & Ellefson, Scott R. Wheaton, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee cross-appellant.

Before GOLDBERG, GEE and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This admiralty case arose out of an early-morning collision between two tows on the Mississippi River. After a bench trial the district court apportioned fault, awarded damages for repairs and loss of use, and expressly denied prejudgment interest.1 Concluding that the apportionment of fault was not clearly erroneous, that the award of damages was supported by the evidence with one exception, and...

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