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BURMA NAVIGATION CORP. v. RELIANT SEAHORSE MV

No. 95-30803.

99 F.3d 652 (1996)

BURMA NAVIGATION CORP., Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. RELIANT SEAHORSE MV, in Rem; Zapata Gulf Marine Operators Inc.; Tidewater Marine Inc.; Tidewater Marine Service Inc., in Personam, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees. ZAPATA GULF MARINE OPERATORS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. ALASKA M/V, in Rem, Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants. PENNZOIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. BURMA NAVIGATION CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 29, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., Thomas D. Forbes, Kenneth J. Servay, Daphne P. McNutt, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, for Burma Navigation Corp., plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant, and ALASKA M/V.

James K. Carroll, Charles A. Cerise, Jr., C. Gordon Starling, Jr., Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & Gibbens, New Orleans, LA, for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, DeMOSS and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

In this case, two vessels were unable to successfully navigate the Mississippi River and avoid colliding with one another in the process. The district court found the M/V ALASKA and the M/V RELIANT SEAHORSE to be equally at fault in causing the collision and assessed liability 50% against each ship. After a complete review of the record, we find that sufficient evidence exists to support the district court's findings and we AFFIRM the decision...

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