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TUG OCEAN QUEEN, INC. v. TANKER FOUR LAKES

Nos. 69 Civ. 4009, 70 Civ. 754.

398 F.Supp. 1062 (1974)

Complaint of Tug Ocean Queen, Inc., and Red Star Towing and Transportation Company, Plaintiffs, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. TUG OCEAN QUEEN, INC., and Red Star Towing and Transportation Company, as owner and charterer, respectively, of the TUG OCEAN QUEEN, Plaintiffs, v. The TANKER FOUR LAKES, her engines, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

September 12, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McHugh, Heckman, Smith & Leonard, by Christopher E. Heckman, Stephen J. Buckley, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, by Richard H. Brown, Jr., Lawrence J. Bowles, New York City, for defendants.

MOTLEY, District Judge.

Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law

On the afternoon of March 12, 1969, the tanker Four Lakes and the tug Ocean Queen, which was towing an oil barge, collided in the East River. As a result of the collision, the master of the Ocean Queen drowned and four of the tug's crew members sustained injuries. The tanker Four Lakes was damaged and the Ocean Queen sank.

Plaintiffs Tug Ocean Queen, Inc., the tug's owner, and...

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