Pure Oil Co. v. Bethlehem Steel Co.
Decision Date | 15 March 1968 |
Docket Number | No. 24892.,24892. |
Citation | 391 F.2d 249 |
Parties | The PURE OIL COMPANY, Appellant, v. BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY, Appellee. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
Robert M. Julian, Houston, Tex., Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellant.
Louis V. Nelson, Beaumont, Tex., E. J. O'Brien, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Bethlehem, Pa., Strong, Pipkin, Strong & Nelson, Beaumont, Tex., of counsel, for appellee.
Before COLEMAN, AINSWORTH and DYER, Circuit Judges.
This appeal is from a final judgment entered by the District Court dismissing an action in admiralty brought by the Pure Oil Company, owner of the S/T "Pure Oil", against Bethlehem Steel Company to recover losses arising from damage to the vessel's fuel oil heater. We affirm.
On July 20, 1962, while the vessel was at Bethlehem's shipyard, the vessel's port fuel heater was taken ashore, opened, and a bundle of steam tubes removed by Bethlehem's employees at Pure Oil's request. An inspection of the tubes located a pinhole leak in one tube which was repaired. The heater was tested, reassembled and reinstalled in the vessel. In mid-November, 1962, the heater was put into use and operated without incident until January 11, 1963, when a tube adjacent to the one repaired by Bethlehem ruptured causing oil to leak into and contaminate the steam system.
At the trial before the District Court conflicting factual issues, based largely upon circumstantial evidence, arose. The District Court resolved these issues and concluded that Bethlehem did not damage the tube in the heater, was not negligent in making the original repairs, and did not breach a warranty of workmanlike performance.1
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