St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Conagra, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LIMBAUGH, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court for a decision on the merits after trial to the Court on July 15 and 16, 1992, sitting in admiralty. This suit concerns the sinking of the Barge ART-629B on August 11, 1989 while being loaded by defendant Conagra at its Peabody dock on the Mississippi River in the St. Louis Harbor. Plaintiff St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance filed this action against Conagra, as subrogee of its insured American River Transportation Co. (ARTCO), pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1333. Plaintiff alleges that the sinking of the barge was the…