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NATIONAL STEEL CORP. v. KINSMAN MARINE TRANSIT CO.

Civ. No. 32926.

369 F.Supp. 498 (1972)

NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION, a corporation, Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant, v. KINSMAN MARINE TRANSIT COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant and Cross-Complainant, and Bibby Line, Ltd., a corporation, Defendant and Cross-Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, S. D.

March 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scholl, Jenkins, Robinson & Stieg, Detroit, Mich., Johnson, Branand & Jaeger, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff National Steel Corp.

Lee C. Hinslea, Brecksville, Ohio, Harrison, Gruber & Gaughan, Buffalo, N. Y., Victor G. Hanson, Detroit, Mich., for defendant and third party plaintiff, Kinsman Marine Transit Company.

Foster, Meadows & Ballard, Detroit, Mich., for defendant Bibby Line Limited.

OPINION

TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge:

In the early morning of October 21, 1967, the Great Lakes freighter James E. Ferris (hereafter Ferris) came in collision with the Ernest T. Weir (hereafter Weir), a Great Lakes bulk carrier, in the St. Clair River near the Chesapeake and Ohio (hereafter C & O) docks on the Canadian shore. Each vessel blames the other and both join in blaming, as well, the British motor vessel Toronto City. She was maneuvering...

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