Norfolk Dredging Company v. John L. Wiley, Claimant-Appellee

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge TRAXLER joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

After John Wiley, a seaman, was injured aboard the tug Pusher # 10 — a heavy line snapped and struck his face — the tug’s owner, Norfolk.Dredging Company, commenced this action in admiralty to limit its liability to the value of the tug, in accordance with the Limitation of-Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. app. § 181, et seq., and Supplemental Admiralty and Maritime Claims Rule F. The district court approved the value of the tug tendered by Norfolk Dredging…