NICHOLES v. M/V MAYA

C/A No. 2:95-626-18.

949 F.Supp. 391 (1996)

James R. NICHOLES, Plaintiff, v. M/V MAYA, her engines, boilers, tackle, equipment, furniture, freights, and apparel, in rem, and Egon Oldendorff (Liberia), Inc., in personam, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

December 13, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Hughes Cooper, Sullivans Island, SC, Philip A. Middleton, Charleston, SC, for plaintiff.

Gordon Schreck, Julius Hines, Charleston, SC, for defendants.


ORDER

NORTON, District Judge.

This admiralty action is before the court for Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 52. A bench trial was held before this court November 4-5, 1996. Because this court concludes that the commercial cargo vessel MAYA and those navigating her were not negligent on the date in question, the court finds in favor of Defendants.

I. FINDINGS OF FACT

1. Plaintiff, James R. Nicholes...

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