Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Helena Marine Service, Inc. Helena Marine Service, Inc., as Owner of the Barge Hms-6 v. Sioux City and New Orleans Barge Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 17, 1977No. 76-2027PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEBSTER, Circuit Judge.
Sioux City and New Orleans Barge Lines, Inc. (Sioux City) appeals from the District Court’s denial of its motion to dissolve an injunction entered in a limitation of liability proceeding.
Sioux City is the owner of the M/V Lexington, a towboat operating on the Mississippi River. On November 3, 1974, Mrs. Edith Fiers, a cook on the Lexington, was injured while on board the barge HMS-6, which she was using as a means of egress from the Lexington to shore at Helena, Arkansas. The HMS-6 is owned by Helena Marine Service, Inc. (Helena).
Mrs. Fiers filed a Jones Act claim…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Lake Tankers Corp. v. HennSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Ex Parte GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Pershing Auto Rentals, Inc. v. William C. GaffneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Petition of Red Star Barge LineCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
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