Legal Opinion
Larry Alexander v. Ingram Barge Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 21, 2017No. 16-4264PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
At 5:33 in the evening on April 18, 2013, a 14-barge tow pushed by the M/V Dale A. Heller was sucked into a powerful cross-current and broke up. Some of the barges crashed (or allided, as mariners would say) into the Marseilles Dam; some sank; some were saved. The accident happened during record-breaking rains and high water, and a day later, the nearby town of Marseilles experienced significant flooding. This lawsuit, brought by a group who call.themselves the Flood Claimants, represents. an effort to fix blame for the allision and to recover for their flood damage. The…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Marport, Inc., an Oregon Corporation and California Dredging, a California Corporation v. Stabbert and Associates, Inc., a Washington CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- In re the Complaint of Ingram Barge Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2016
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