C.G. WILLIS, INC. v. THE SPICA

No. 92-1857.

6 F.3d 193 (1993)

C.G. WILLIS, INCORPORATED; CBT Leasing Corporation, a/k/a Insurance Company of North America, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THE SPICA, her engines, boilers, etc., Inc.; Spica Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, THE PATRICIA, her engines, boilers, etc., In Rem, Defendant-Appellee, and Lockwood Marine, Incorporated; THE MUD SCOW 2001, her engines, boilers, etc., In Rem; Norfolk Dredging Company, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Reed Mayo, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, VA, argued (A. Jackson Timms, on brief), for appellants.

Robert Scott Magnuson, Lord & Whip, P.A., Baltimore, MD, argued (J. Paul Mullen, on brief), for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


OPINION

BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge:

As a result of a collision in the Chesapeake Bay, the district court, sitting in admiralty, entered judgment on the complaint of the owners and insurance carrier of the tug Patricia against the Spica Corporation and the tug Spica for 75% of the Patricia's damages. The court entered judgment on Spica's counterclaim in the amount of 25% of its damages. We affirm.

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