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HIERNAUX v. M/V QUEEN CITY

No. 64-32.

244 F.Supp. 511 (1965)

Richard HIERNAUX, an individual, d/b/a Marine Sales and Service, Owner of the M/V CHARLEROI, Libelant, v. The M/V QUEEN CITY, her engines, tackle, apparel and furniture and the Ohio River Company, a corporation, Respondents.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

June 22, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilder Lucas, of Lucas & Murphy, St. Louis, Mo., and Sanford M. Chilcote, of Dickie, McCamey, Chilcote & Robinson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for libelant.

Raymond Hasley, of Rose, Schmidt & Dixon, Pittsburgh, Pa., for respondents.

MARSH, District Judge.

This is an admiralty action involving a determination of whether or not there was fault on the part of the respondent, The Ohio River Company, which caused the sinking of M/V Charleroi, owned by the plaintiff, Richard Hiernaux. The sinking occurred in the Ohio River near Wheeling, West Virginia, at approximately midnight on the evening of September 22, 1963.

At all relevant times, the Charleroi...

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