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OCEAN BARGE TRANSPORT CO. v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORP.

Nos. 83-3053, 83-3159.

726 F.2d 121 (1984)

OCEAN BARGE TRANSPORT CO. v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORP. Mintec/International, a division of Barber-Green Company, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1984.

As Amended February 10, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Murphy (argued), Craig S. Mielke, Reid, Ochsenschlager, Murphy & Hupp, Aurora, Ill., John E. Lenahan (argued), Bryant, Lenahan & Eltman, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.

James L. Hymes III, St. Thomas, V.I., for Mintec/Intern.

Robert H. Ruskin (argued), Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for Ocean Barge Transport Co.; Jose F. Sarraga, Old San Juan, P.R., of counsel.

Before HUNTER, WEIS and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

This products liability case arose from the collapse of a crane boom onto the deck of the barge Pavel. The owner and operator of the barge, Ocean Barge Transport Company ("Ocean Barge"), sued the crane's owner-operator, Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation ("HOVIC"), and its manufacturer, Mintec/International ("Mintec"), in the District Court of the Virgin Islands, alleging admiralty jurisdiction. After...

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