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GLENVIEW PARK DIST. v. MELHUS

Nos. 75-1494, 75-1495.

540 F.2d 1321 (1976)

Petition of the GLENVIEW PARK DISTRICT as owner of One Eighteen Foot Grumman Aluminum Canoe, Petitioner-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Edythe MELHUS, Claimant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 25, 1976.

Rehearing Denied September 16, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Lederleitner, Chicago, Ill., for Glenview Park.

John J. Henely, Chicago, Ill., for Melhus.

Before PELL, TONE and BAUER, Circuit Judges.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

This admiralty litigation was initiated by the Glenview Park District (Glenview) filing a petition in the district court seeking exoneration from or limitation of liability in connection with the drowning of Dr. George E. Melhus on September 30, 1972. The widow, as personal representative of the decedent's estate, filed in the action a claim against Glenview for wrongful death damages. Following a six-day bench trial, the district court denied...

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