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PETITION OF GREAT LAKES TOWING COMPANY

No. 5-60-Civ-18.

184 F.Supp. 922 (1960)

Petition of GREAT LAKES TOWING COMPANY, for exoneration from or limitation of liability as owner of THE Tugs ILLINOIS and ARKANSAS, etc.

United States District Court D. Minnesota, Fifth Division.

June 16, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Lyons, Roger W. Spencer, Duluth, Minn., and Harney B. Stover, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis., for petitioner.

William P. Van Evera, Duluth, Minn., for respondent Geotas Compania de Vapores, S. A.

DEVITT, Chief Judge.

This is a petition in admiralty for exoneration or limitation of liability for damages occasioned by a collision in Duluth Harbor on September 15, 1959.

The tugs Illinois and Arkansas, owned by the petitioner, were assisting the Liberian steamer, George S, to dock when, allegedly as a result of the negligence of the tugs, the George S was permitted to drift uncontrollably downwind and to strike the Omaha Dock amidships. Damages of $190...

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