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PETITION OF GULF OIL CORPORATION

172 F.Supp. 911 (1959)

Petition of GULF OIL CORPORATION for Limitation Of or Exoneration From Liability as Owner of THE Tank Vessel GULFSTREAM.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

April 6, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, New York City, for petitioner, Eugene Underwood and Francis I. Fallon, New York City, of counsel.

Pyne, Brush, Smith & Michelsen, New York City, for claimants, George Garbisi, New York City, of counsel.

PALMIERI, District Judge.

On June 29, 1949, Gulf Oil Corporation filed a petition seeking exoneration from, or limitation of, liability for damages arising out of a collision between its vessel, the Gulfstream, and a United States Coast Guard icebreaker, the Eastwind. The collision, which caused the Eastwind to catch fire, occurred on January 19, 1949, about 45 miles off the coast of New Jersey. With an exception not material here, all claims were filed before November...

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