TISBURY TOWING & TRANSP. CO. v. TUG VENUS AND TUCKER-ROY MARINE TOWING & SALVAGE, INC.

No. 00-2415.

251 F.3d 298 (2001)

Tisbury Towing & Transportation Co., Inc. F/K/a Packer Marine, Inc. Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Tug Venus and Tucker-Roy Marine Towing & Salvage, Inc., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Farrell, Jr., with whom Connors & Farrell was on brief, for appellant.

Norman A. Peloquin, II, with whom Flanagan & Hunter, P.C. was on brief, for appellees.

Before Selya, Circuit Judge, Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge, and Lynch, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Packer Marine, Inc.1 sues the defendants—the tug VENUS and its owner, Tucker-Roy Marine—for negligently grounding its barge, the ALGOL 500. The case received a bench trial, resulting in judgment for the defendants. The trial court found that Packer had not met its burden of proving when the grounding incident in question occurred and therefore could not show that the VENUS had ever grounded while towing the ALGOL...

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