Hopeman Bros. v. Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Belterra Resort Indiana, LLC, Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., and the New Hampshire Insurance Co. (collectively referred to as “Belterra”) brought an admiralty action against the Missouri Barge Lines, Inc. (“Missouri Barge”) to recover damages its casino vessel, the Miss Belterra, sustained in a collision with Missouri Barge’s towboat, the Elizabeth Ann, on the Mississippi River. In this interlocutory appeal, Bel-terra appeals the district court’s 1 determination that Missouri Barge is entitled to a limitation of liability for the collision. We affirm.

I. Facts

During the…