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MATTER OF STATE OF LA., DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS

Civ. A. No. 74-2123.

455 F.Supp. 272 (1978)

In the Matter of the STATE OF LOUISIANA, the DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, as owner of the FERRY GEORGE PRINCE, praying for exoneration from or limitation of liability.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

July 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred E. Salley, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Nigel E. Rafferty, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, La., for defendant.

Thomas J. Kliebert, Becnel & Kliebert, Gramercy, La., Harris M. Dulitz, Ungar, Dulitz, Jacobs & Manuel, New Orleans, La., Douglas H. Greenburg, Houma, La., Joe L. Horne, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

JACK M. GORDON, District Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

This consolidated civil action arises out of a collision which occurred on February 4, 1974, on the Mississippi River between Luling and Destrehan, when the lead barge in the tow of the M/V F. R. BIGELOW struck the starboard bow of the ferry GEORGE PRINCE.

The ferry was owned and operated by the Louisiana State Department of Highways. The BIGELOW was owned and operated by the...

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