IN RE BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 6205.

227 F.Supp. 615 (1964)

In the Matter of BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP COMPANY, as Owner of the STEAMSHIP LUCILE BLOOMFIELD, Praying for Exoneration from, or Limitation of, Liability.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

March 13, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eikel, Feltner & Goller, Robert Eikel, Houston, Tex., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Robert B. Acomb, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Bloomfield Steamship Co.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, Charles S. Haight, New York City, Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, Walter Carroll, Jr., Benjamin W. Yancey, New Orleans, La., for Charles S. Haight, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, and A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, John P. Hammond, Henry J. Read, New Orleans, La., for International Paper Co., Pathe Equipment Co., National Ben Franklin Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Hanover Ins. Co., Ingersol-Rand Co., Seeburg Corp. and Atlantic Mutual Ins. Co.


No. 6205, Division D.

AINSWORTH, District Judge.

On October 1, 1963, the SS LUCILE BLOOMFIELD, owned and operated by Bloomfield Steamship Company, collided on the high seas outside the Port of LeHavre, France, with a Norwegian flag vessel, M/V RONDA, owned by A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi. The RONDA continued to LeHavre but capsized and sank at the quay as a result of a fracture to her hull. The LUCILE BLOOMFIELD was able to resume her voyage and return...

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