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FEDERAL STEAM NAV. CO. v. TUGS SAVANNAH & R. W. GROVES

Civ. A. No. 2198.

305 F.Supp. 1293 (1969)

FEDERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, Ltd., Plaintiff, v. The TUGS SAVANNAH and ROBERT W. GROVES, Their Engines, Boilers, etc., and the Atlantic Towing Company, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Georgia, Savannah Division.

November 4, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Spencer Connerat, Jr., E. Ormonde Hunter, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiff.

Julian C. Sipple, Savannah, Ga., for defendants.

ORDER

LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.

In this admiralty action Federal Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. seeks to avoid the contractual exclusion of liability which immunizes the defendant towboat company from responsibility for damages to vessels as the result of acts or orders of its docking-masters in docking or undocking ships at Savannah. The exculpatory provision, which is generally referred to as the "pilotage clause...

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