Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit February 26, 1981, Nos. 79-1950, 79-1951 (Florida East Coast Railway Co. v. Revilo Corp.)

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents this circuit’s first opportunity to decide whether the Pennsylvania rule, The Steamship Pennsylvania v. Troop, 86 U.S. (19 Wall.) 125, 22 L.Ed. 148 (1874), applies to a vessel/bridge allision, and if so, how the rule is to be applied. We hold that it applies and affirm.