Legal Opinion
Carstens v. Great Lakes Towing Co.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided November 15, 1945No. Civ. 22686PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, District Judge.
On June 20, 1943, plaintiffs intestate was in command of defendant’s Tug Alpena, which was hired to assist the Steamer Mudge into the inner harbor at Huron, Ohio. The Steamer Mudge was underway, and plaintiff’s intestate went alongside the starboard side of the Mudge to take a head-line. While the crew of the tug were placing the towing hawser of the Mudge on the stern bits of the Alpena, the after quarter of the tug came in contact with the starboard bow of the Mudge and caused the Alpena to roll over and sink in the waters of Lake Erie resulting in the loss of life of…
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- Kunschman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
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