Legal Opinion
Consolidated Grain & Barge Co. v. Huffman Towing Co.
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided November 25, 1985No. 84-2448C(B)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
REGAN, District Judge.
This action, tried to the Court, to recover the substantial damages admittedly sustained by Consolidated Grain and Barge Company on January 4, 1984, when the lead barges in a tow of twenty loaded unmanned barges dived as they were being towed upriver by MV Janet Marie operated by Huffman Towing Company on the Mississippi River. The principal controverted issue is whether Consolidated adduced sufficient evidence to permit a finding of causal negligence on the part of Huffman’s pilot, Captain Drury, without resort to speculation.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mid-America Transportation Company, Inc. v. National Marine Service, Inc., and M/v National Progress, Her Engines,boilers, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Agri-Trans Corporation, a Corporation v. Peavey Company, a Corporation and Mississippi County Fleeting, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
3Cited by2 opinions
- Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. v. Huffman Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. v. Huffman Towing Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986