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McALLISTER LIGHTERAGE LINE, INC. v. S/S STEEL AGE

Nos. 62 Ad. 1323, 63 Ad. 459, 63 Ad. 556, 63 Ad. 965.

306 F.Supp. 19 (1968)

McALLISTER LIGHTERAGE LINE, INC., as Owner of the SCOW STEELWELD, Libellant, v. S/S STEEL AGE ISTHMIAN LINES, INC., Claimant-Respondent-Petitioner, v. MORAN TOWING & TRANSPORTATION CO., Inc., Kirkwood Curtis Bay Co., TUG AGNES A. MORAN, INC., and Universal Terminal & Stevedoring Corporation, and TUG JAMES T. MORAN and TUG ELIZABETH MORAN, Respondent-Impleaded. ISTHMIAN LINES, INC., as Owner of the Steamship Steel Age, Libellant, v. The TUG JAMES T. MORAN and Tug Elizabeth Moran, their machinery, boilers, tackle, etc., and The Scow Steelweld, her tackle, etc. and Moran Towing & Transportation Co. Inc., Kirkwood Curtis Bay Company, Tug Agnes A. Moran, Inc., Universal Terminal & Stevedoring Corporation and McAllister Lighterage Line, Inc., Respondent. AMERICAN METAL CLIMAX, INC., Libellant, v. S/S STEEL AGE. ISTHMIAN LINES, INC., Claimant-Respondent-Petitioner, v. TUG JAMES T. MORAN, Tug Elizabeth Moran and the Scow Steelweld and Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc., Kirkwood Curtis Bay Co., Tug Agnes A. Moran Inc., Universal Terminal & Stevedoring Corporation and McAllister Lighterage Line, Inc., Respondents-Impleaded. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA et al., Libellants v. The TUG JAMES T. MORAN and Tug Elizabeth Moran, their machinery, boilers, tackle, etc., and the Scow Steelweld, her tackle, etc., and against Moran Towing & Transportation Co. Inc., Kirkwood Curtis Bay Company, Tug Agnes A. Moran, Inc., Universal Terminal & Stevedoring Corporation and McAllister Lighterage Line, Inc., Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

July 16, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Purdy, Lamb & Catoggio, New York City, for McAllister Lighterage Line, Inc.; Vincent A. Catoggio, New York City, of counsel.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, for Isthmian Lines, Inc.; Alexander E. Rugani, Ralph C. Kreimer, New York City, of counsel.

Burlingham, Underwood, Barron, Wright, White & Lord, New York City, for Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc., Kirkwood Curtis Bay Co. and Tug Agnes A. Moran, Inc.; Eugene Underwood, Joseph C. Smith, New York City, of counsel.

Brown, Quencer & Commette, New York City, for Universal Terminal & Stevedoring Corp.; Albert S. Commette, New York City, of counsel.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for Insurance Co. of North America et al.; Douglas A. Jacobsen, New York City, of counsel.

Hill, Rivkins, Louis & Warburton, New York City, for American Metal Climax, Inc.; Vincent J. Ryan, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION, FINDINGS OF FACT and CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

LEVET, District Judge.

GENERAL NATURE OF CASE

The claims in this case grow out of the capsizing of the Scow Steelweld on December 2, 1962 in Erie Basin, Brooklyn, New York.

On December 1, 1962, the Scow Steelweld, owned and operated by McAllister Lighterage Line, Inc. ("McAllister") and loaded with a cargo of copper shipped and owned by American...

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