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PETITION OF BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP COMPANY

Nos. 64 Ad. 303, 64 Ad. 306 and 66 Civ. 3575.

298 F.Supp. 1239 (1969)

Petition of BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP COMPANY, as Owner of the LUCILE BLOOMFIELD, for exoneration from or limitation of liability. Petition of A/S J. LUDWIG MOWINCKELS REDERI, as Owner of the MOTOR VESSEL RONDA, for exoneration from or limitation of liability. BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. A/S J. LUDWIG MOWINCKELS REDERI, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

April 11, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eikel & Goller, Houston, Tex., and Healy & Baillie, New York City, for Bloomfield Steamship Co., Robert Eikel, Houston, Tex., Thomas L. Rohrer and J. Edward Davey, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for cargo claimants; Donald Waesche, Jr., and Douglas A. Jacobsen, New York City, of counsel.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi; Richard Ashworth and Charles S. Haight, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

MacMAHON, District Judge.

The SS Lucile Bloomfield ("Bloomfield"), owned by the Bloomfield Steamship Company, collided with the M/V Ronda, owned by A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi, in international waters outside LeHavre, France on October 1, 1963. The Bloomfield, outbound, continued on her voyage to Antwerp. The Ronda, inbound, proceeded to LeHavre where she capsized the following day. Her entire cargo, valued at over $2 million, was lost.

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