Dorothy J. v. City of New York

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KORMAN, District Judge:

On the afternoon of October 15, 2003, the Staten Island Ferry, Andreiv J. Barben, allided with a maintenance pier near the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, killing eleven passengers and injuring more than seventy. When the allision took place, the Dorothy J, a tugboat owned and operated by Henry Marine Service, Inc. (“Henry Marine”), was docked at the same maintenance pier the Barberi hit. Unable to reach the Barberi or the City, the Dorothy J undertook an attempt to assist the Barberi back to the passenger slip where emergency personnel were waiting to…