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COMPLAINT OF BANKERS TRUST CO.

Civ. A. No. 84-5480.

640 F.Supp. 11 (1985)

In the Matter of the Complaint of BANKERS TRUST COMPANY as Owner/Trustee and PPG Industries, Inc., as Chartered Owner, and Keystone Shipping Co., as Chartered Owner and Operator of the S.S. PUERTO RICAN, for Exoneration from and Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

July 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond T. Letulle, Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioners Keystone Shipping Co., PPG Industries, Inc. and Bankers Trust Co.

Cory A. Birnberg, San Francisco, Cal., for claimant Capt. J. Nolan.

John P.S. O'Connor, Pittsburgh, Pa., PPG Industries.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

MCGLYNN, District Judge.

On October 23, 1984, an explosion occurred on board the S.S. Puerto Rican while the vessel was at a pilot station approximately ten (10) miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge. The ship caught fire as a result of the explosion and, although the fire was extinguished, the structurally weakened vessel eventually broke in two in heavy seas. The stern section of the ship sank while the bow section remained afloat...

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