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HAVINGA v. CROWLEY TOWING AND TRANSP. CO.

Nos. 92-2479, 93-1073.

24 F.3d 1480 (1994)

Berend J.D. HAVINGA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. CROWLEY TOWING AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Defendant, Appellant. Berend J.D. HAVINGA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. CROWLEY TOWING AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Ramon Rivera-Morales, with whom Manolo T. Rodriguez-Bird and Jimenez, Graffam & Lausell, San Juan, PR, were on brief, for defendant Crowley Towing.

Eugene F. Hestres, with whom Bird, Bird & Hestres and Jose F. Sarraga, San Juan, PR, were on brief, for plaintiffs Berend J.D. Havinga, et al.

Before TORRUELLA, CYR and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.

CYR, Circuit Judge.

This admiralty action stems from a nighttime collision approximately four miles off the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico, between the 65-foot sailboat GLORIA and a 262-foot barge under tow by the tugboat BORINQUEN, owned by defendant-appellant Crowley Towing and Transportation Co., Inc. The five plaintiffs, the captain and crew of the GLORIA, were forced to abandon her moments before the collision and were rescued several hours later.

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