HARBOR TUG & BARGE v. BELCHER TOWING

No. 82-5729.

733 F.2d 823 (1984)

HARBOR TUG & BARGE, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BELCHER TOWING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. BELCHER TOWING COMPANY, Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carl N. BROWN, Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Cooper, Jacksonville, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Gary A. Bubb, Jacksonville, Fla., W.B. Ewers, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges, and SIMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


SIMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

On April 15, 1979, the barge San Juan crashed into a concrete bulkhead while attempting to dock in the Port of Miami, Florida. Harbor Tug and Barge, Inc., the barge owner, sued the tug operator, Belcher Towing Company, in personam. Belcher, in turn, named Captain Carl N. Brown, the local pilot who planned and directed the docking operation, as a third party defendant. After hearing a day and a half of testimony and receiving into...

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