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WATERMAN S. S. CORP. v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 78-2118.

527 F.Supp. 256 (1981)

WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION v. AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC., et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

December 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Barbee Winston and John W. Sims, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., Rayner M. Hamilton, White & Case, New York City, for Waterman Steamship Corp.

A. R. Christovich, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, La., David H. Lund, Erie, Pa., William M. Wycoff, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Zurn Industries.

Robert B. Acomb, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for Avondale Shipyards, Inc.

John B. Martin and Reeder Fox, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., Curtis R. Boisfontaine, Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Boisfontaine & Nathan, New Orleans, La., for DeLaval Turbine, Inc.

Edward S. Bagley, Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., for Delta Steamship Lines, Inc.

SEAR, District Judge.

These consolidated actions for damages involve the alleged failures of four low pressure, high speed, flexible couplings installed in the main propulsion units of lighter-aboard-ship (LASH) vessels owned by the plaintiffs. Waterman Steamship Corporation and Delta Steamship Lines filed suit against defendants Avondale Shipyards, Inc., the builder of the LASH vessels; DeLaval Turbine, Inc., the subcontractor which manufactured the propulsion units...

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