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PEOPLES NATURAL GAS CO. v. ASHLAND OIL, INC.

Civ. A. No. 84-120.

604 F.Supp. 1517 (1985)

The PEOPLES NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. ASHLAND OIL, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Division.

March 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Kenrick, Patricia L. Dodge, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Theodore O. Struk, Larry A. Silverman, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant.

OPINION

SIMMONS, District Judge.

This is an admiralty action arising out of a collision between a towboat and a stationary submarine gas pipeline.

The Peoples Natural Gas Company, owner of a natural gas pipeline extending across the Monongahela River, brought this suit for damages against Ashland Oil, Inc., owner and operator of a towboat that struck and ruptured Peoples' pipeline while attempting to dock an oil barge. Peoples contends that this...

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