Court Opinion

ID: 9464326
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 23:30:41.011253+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:38:34.541205
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TIMBERS, Circuit Judge,
concurring in the judgment and dissenting from the opinion:
I concur in the judgment of affirmance to be entered by the Clerk. Such affirmance is required on the ground that Lykes failed to sustain its burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence its indemnity claim against Todd.
I regret that I am not able to concur in Judge Oakes’ opinion. Aside from the speculation with respect to the occurrence of the accident, in the end the only accurate statement that can be made — as in the cases of so many marine accidents — is that no one knows how this one occurred. In short, Lykes failed to prove its case. I would say so and stop.