Legal Opinion
Protection Maritime Insurance v. United States
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided May 21, 1973No. Civ. A. No. 2156PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND OPINION
ALLEN, District Judge.
On May 22, 1970, the Motor Vessel Eddie Waxier, hereinafter referred to as M/V Eddie Waxier, which measured 105 feet long, 30 feet in beam and 1,800 horsepower, was pushing a tow of four empty barges down river on the Ohio River. The M/V Eddie Waxier and tow went through Lock and Dam No. 50 which stretches from Crittenden County, Kentucky to Hardin County, Illinois, and shortly thereafter struck a mooring cell downriver from the dam and close to the Kentucky shore. The mooring cell was approximately 30.2 feet in diameter…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- De Bardeleben Marine Corp., as Successor in Interest to Blue Stack Towing Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- G. B. Zigler Co. v. Barker Barge LineCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1948
- The MariaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
- Smith v. Bacon. The Nbc-758. The Nbc-757. The RolandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- The IowaDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1940
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Willard H. Lane v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975