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WESTERN PAC. FISHERIES, INC. v. SS PRESIDENT GRANT

Nos. 82-4726, 83-1523.

730 F.2d 1280 (1984)

WESTERN PACIFIC FISHERIES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Proprietors Insurance Company, and Central National Insurance Group of Omaha, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. SS PRESIDENT GRANT, Official No. 530 138, and all her appurtenances, in rem, and American President Lines, Ltd., in personam, Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Meadows and J. Mark Foley (argued), Meadows, Dorris, Stryker & Salentine, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees and cross-appellants.

John R. Reese (argued), McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants and cross-appellees.

Before DUNIWAY, KENNEDY, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges.

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a collision at sea between the SS PRESIDENT GRANT and the fishing vessel MARTIN HIGGINS, which sank. After a trial of the claim of the HIGGINS' insurers against the GRANT and her owner, American President Lines, the district court found the GRANT to be 85% at fault in the collision and the HIGGINS 15% at fault, and assessed damages accordingly. The GRANT appeals, and we affirm....

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