Legal Opinion
Lone Star Industries, Inc., Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Mays Towing Company, Inc., Appellant/cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 21, 1991No. 89-2869, 89-2982PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from a judgment of the district court, sitting in admiralty, in favor of Lone Star Industries, a cement producer whose barges Mays Towing Company transports on the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Memphis, Tennessee. At issue is the sinking of the barge LS 1501, taken in tow on December 23, 1983, by a Mays Towing tugboat and delivered to Lone Star at Memphis on December 25, 1983. The LS 1501, full of cement, sat at Lone Star’s dock for three days, and then, during unloading on December 28, 1983, with most of its cargo still…
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