Case Name: NORFOLK DREDGING COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J. H. COPPEDGE, doing business as J. H. Coppedge and Company, Defendant and Counter-Claimant-Appellee, v. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, an Agency of the State of Florida, Defendant and Additional Defendant to the Counter-Claimant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1971-03-23
Citations: 438 F.2d 1235
Docket Number: No. 29959
Parties: NORFOLK DREDGING COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J. H. COPPEDGE, doing business as J. H. Coppedge and Company, Defendant and Counter-Claimant-Appellee, v. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, an Agency of the State of Florida, Defendant and Additional Defendant to the Counter-Claimant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 438
Pages: 1235–1235

Head Matter:
NORFOLK DREDGING COMPANY, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J. H. COPPEDGE, doing business as J. H. Coppedge and Company, Defendant and Counter-Claimant-Appellee, v. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, an Agency of the State of Florida, Defendant and Additional Defendant to the Counter-Claimant-Appellant.
No. 29959.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 23, 1971.
Geoffrey B. Dobson, Asst. Atty., State of Fla. Dept, of Transp., Howard Had-ley, General Counsel, Tallahassee, Fla., for appellant.
James F. Moseley, Kurz, Toole, Taylor, Moseley & Gabel, Jacksonville, Fla., for Norfolk Dredging Co.
Chester Bedell, John A. DeVault, III, Jacksonville, Fla., for J. H. Coppedge; Bedell, Bedell, Dittmar, Smith & Zehmer, Jacksonville, Fla., of counsel.
Before TUTTLE, AINSWORTH and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM;
The principal complaint in this appeal by the Florida Department of Transportation, is owner and responsible agent of the State in the operation of the Pablo Creek Bridge, is that the proof was not sufficient to warrant the findings of the trial court that the collision and damage occurring therefrom should be charged solely to the Florida Department of Transportation. A careful consideration of the record shows that there was ample evidence to support the findings of fact by the trial court both with respect to the damages awarded in favor of the Norfolk Dredging Company and the judgment entered in favor of J. H. Coppedge as reimbursement for the bill for repairs paid by him on behalf of the dredge.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed.