Legal Opinion
Deering v. NATIONAL MAINTENANCE & REPAIR, INC.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 2, 2010No. 10-1716PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Deering, employed as a riverboat pilot by National, sued it for injuries he sustained in an accident. National counterclaimed for serious damage that it alleged Deering had caused the boat — namely, sinking it. The district court dismissed the counterclaim, precipitating National’s interlocutory appeal, which presents questions of admiralty law and of jurisdiction over interlocutory appeals in admiralty cases.
On the day of the accident (March 11, 2009), with the Mississippi River at flood stage (Jim Salter, “Towns Along Mississippi River Prepare for Springtime Flooding,”…
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