COMPLAINT OF BERKLEY CURTIS BAY CO.

No. 78 Civ. 3552 (ADS).

569 F.Supp. 1491 (1983)

In the Matter of the Complaint of BERKLEY CURTIS BAY CO., and of Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc., as Owner and Bareboat Charterer, respectively, of Tug Grace Moran for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. Clifford JACKSON and Edward Cohen, Plaintiffs, v. BERKLEY CURTIS BAY CO., Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc., and American Dredging Co., Defendants.

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

August 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Corcoran, P.C., Brooklyn, N.Y., for plaintiffs Cohen and Jackson.

Burlingham, Underwood & Lord, New York City, for Berkley Curtis Bay Co. and Moran Towing & Transp. Co., Inc.; James W. Lynch, New York City, of counsel.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for American Dredging Co., Inc.; Andres Runne, New York City, of counsel.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SOFAER, District Judge:

This memorandum deals with issues arising at the last stage of a limitation proceeding which resulted from the sinking of the dredge Pennsylvania after it ran aground on a shoal off Rockaway Point on July 31, 1978. In a prior proceeding, a petition to limit or exonerate the liability of Berkley Curtis Bay Company and Moran Towing & Transportation...

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