SWEIGERT, District Judge.
Libelant brings this suit to recover damages from respondent for claimed personal injury sustained while libelant was a crew member of a three man crew river tug which, at the time of the accident, was engaged in mooring a barge, which it had in tow, to a tree on the river bank.
Before the happening of the accident here involved the tug had completed a so-called "jackknife" operation to position the barge for mooring. Upon virtual...
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