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SELEY BARGES, INC. v. TUG EL LEON GRANDE

Civ. A. No. 73-122.

396 F.Supp. 1020 (1974)

SELEY BARGES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. The TUG EL LEON GRANDE and the TUG EL POTRO GRANDE, their engines, furniture, apparel, tackle, etc. and Twenty Grand Offshore, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

May 28, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Frilot, III, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Theodore G. Dimitry, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

In Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corporation, 1953, 349 U.S. 85, 75 S.Ct. 629, 99 L.Ed. 911, the Supreme Court held that a towboat may not validly contract with its tow to relieve the tower from all liability for negligence. The major issue in this case concerns the validity of a contract between towboat and tow whereby (1) the tow was required to carry insurance against loss, whether by virtue of the tower...

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