Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc. And Brown & Root, Inc., Successor to Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc. v. Zapata Off-Shore Company

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1967-04-24

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COLEMAN, Circuit Judge: Brown Root Marine Operators, Inc., 1 as owner of the barge MM-71, filed a libel and petition for exoneration or limitation of liability, civil and maritime, for damage to the offshore gas well equipment of Zapata. The case was tried to the Court…

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