(March 5, 2021, 5:07 PM EST) -- MOBILE, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama on Feb. 25 awarded summary judgment to the federal government on a towing vessel owner’s claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), finding that the plaintiffs’ lawsuit over an oil spill from a barge is subject to admiralty jurisdiction and that the plaintiffs’ claim under the Suits in Admiralty Act (SAA) does not allow it to seek contribution toward the recovery nearly $3 million it spent to clean up the spill under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA)....