In Re the Complaint of American River Transportation Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ELAINE E. BUCKLO, District Judge.

American River Transportation Company (“Artco”) filed suit under the Ship owner’s Limitation of Liability Act (“Limitation Act”), 46 App. U.S.C. § 183(a) (repealed and recodified in slightly modified form at 46 U.S.C. § 30505), seeking to limit its liability in connection with a collision that took place between a barge towed by one of its vessels and a speedboat operated by Jason Aardema (“Aardema”). Artco has moved for partial summary judgment on the question of whether Aardema was operating the watercraft while under the…