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HERCULES CARRIERS, INC. v. STATE OF FLA.

No. 81-6005.

720 F.2d 1201 (1983)

In the Matter of the Complaint of HERCULES CARRIERS, INC., for exoneration from or limitation of liability as Owner of the M/V Summit Venture, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, et al., Claimants, Canadian Transport Company, Clipper Maritime Co., Ltd., I.S. Joseph Company, Inc., Ultraocean S.A., Sabine Towing & Transportation Company, Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Opinion on Granting Rehearing December 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack C. Rinard, Ted R. Manry, III, Tampa, Fla., for Canadian Transport et al.

Kent Westmoreland, Houston, Tex., for Sabine Towing.

Dewey R. Villareal, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for Hercules Carriers.

James O. Davis, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for Judith T. Curtin.

Richard F. Ralph, Miami, Fla., for Greyhound Lines.

David G. Hanlon, Tampa, Fla., for State of Fla. (Dept. of Transp.).

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, HENDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion on Granting Rehearing En Banc December 13, 1983.

PER CURIAM:

On May 9, 1980, the M/V Summit Venture, owned by Hercules Carriers, Inc., a foreign corporation, struck the Sunshine Skyway Bridge which spans the entrance of Tampa Bay. As a result of the collision, damaged and sunken portions of the bridge blocked other vessels' passage to and from the port of Tampa for several days.

Hercules Carriers, as the Summit Venture's owner, filed in district...

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