Alter Co. v. United States

ORDER

STUART, District Judge.

This cause came on for trial to the Court on August 12, 1975 on the issue of liability. Plaintiff seeks to recover damages from the United States on the theory that the government lock personnel negligently utilized their statutory and regulatory power to control movements of tows in government locks and approaches so as to cause the Motor Vessel (M/V) YETTA ALTER to lose control of her tow and to subsequently collide with Dam 25 on the upper Mississippi River. The government has counterclaimed for the minimal damages to the dam resulting from the collision. The…