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MEDOMSLEY STEAM SHIP. CO. v. ELIZABETH RIVER TERM., INC.

No. 8286.

214 F.Supp. 32 (1962)

MEDOMSLEY STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY, Libellant, v. ELIZABETH RIVER TERMINALS, INC., Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

October 4, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., for libellant.

Williams, Cocke, Worrell & Kelly, Norfolk, Va., for respondent.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

Libellant's vessel was moored at respondent's pier on September 12, 1960, and broke away from said pier when the bollard securing the vessel's forward insurance wire parted due allegedly to the condition of respondent's pier and the improperly secured bollard. Strong winds caused the remaining lines to part by reason of the excessive strain resulting from the respondent's bollard giving away. The vessel thereafter struck a bridge owned...

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