Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. M/V MORGAN
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 26, 2003No. 00 C 46PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
KING, District Judge, Sitting by Designation.
I. INTRODUCTION
On April 17, 1998, a barge being pushed by the tugboat M/V Morgan albded with the East 95th Street Bridge, which crosses over the Calumet River south of Chicago. The allision damaged eight of ten cables used to transmit power to the bridge and its various needs. The Plaintiff City of Chicago (“Plaintiff’ or “City”) brought this suit to recover some $625,000 it spent in repairing or replacing the cables.
The Court conducted a non-jury trial of this action on August 8 and 9, 2002. After the close…
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- City of Milwaukee v. Cement Division, National Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
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