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MIDWEST TOWING COMPANY v. ANDERSON

No. 13911.

317 F.2d 270 (1963)

MIDWEST TOWING COMPANY, Inc., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard M. ANDERSON, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Anderson (Bobby Lynn Anderson), Deceased, and Mary T. Lusk, Administratrix of the Estate of Pleasant M. Lusk, Jr., Deceased, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

May 17, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Hayes, Chicago, Ill., William K. Johnson, Chicago, Ill., Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for appellant.

James A. Dooley, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before DUFFY, CASTLE, and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

On March 24, 1955, the motor vessel Anna S. Cooper, pushing a tow of four empty barges, struck the Hickman-Lockhart highway bridge at or near mile 100.5 in the Tennessee River and sank with the resultant loss of four lives. Claims were filed on behalf of two of the deceased crew members to recover for their wrongful deaths based on petitioner's liability for negligence and breach of duty under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. Petitioner...

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