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IN RE COMPLAINT OF AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES, INC.

No. 1628.

366 F.Supp. 134 (1973)

In re Complaint of AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES, INC., as owner of the MOTOR VESSEL JAMES L. HAMILTON, and Commercial Transport Corporation, as owner of the MOTOR VESSEL La SALLE, and Inland Tugs Co., as Demise Charterer and Bailee in Possession of the Motor Vessel James L. Hamilton and Motor Vessel La Salle for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court, E. D. Kentucky, Covington Division.

November 8, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Wohlwender, Covington, Ky., Bloom, Greene & Uible Co., L.P.A. Cincinnati, Ohio, Ray, Robinson, Keenen & Hanninen, Cleveland, Ohio, for American Commercial Lines, Inc., Commercial Transport Corp. and Inland Tugs Co.

MEMORANDUM

SWINFORD, District Judge.

The record is before the court for resolution of the appropriate measure of damages. The claimants in this action originally commenced in state court on negligence grounds argue that the Kentucky Wrongful Death Statutes should govern, while the plaintiffs (hereinafter: barge lines) contend that the measure of damages should be ascertained with reference to general maritime law and relevant federal statutes.

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