UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION v. FUHRMAN

No. 18481.

407 F.2d 1143 (1969)

UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Barbara J. FUHRMAN, Administratrix of the Estate of Arthur J. Fuhrman, Deceased, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

March 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucian Y. Ray, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellant; Roman T. Keenen, McCreary, Ray & Robinson, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief.

Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa., and Arthur Roth, Miami, Fla., for appellees; Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., J. Harold Traverse, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief for Fuhrman, and others; Pressman & Scribner, New York City, on brief for Harry Bey and Rita Radtke, Administratrix of Estate of Reinhold Radtke; Frederick C. Stern, New York City, of counsel; Ned R. Phillips; Pressman & Scribner, New York City, Elmer L. Radka, Louis G. Jarboe, Rogers City, Mich., Victor G. Hanson, Kenneth C. Davies, Detroit, Mich., on brief for other appellees.

Before WEICK, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and PECK, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

In the Straits of Mackinac on May 7, 1965, the Steamship Cedarville, owned by the appellant (United States Steel) and the Norwegian Ship Topdalsfjord collided in a heavy fog. After approximately forty minutes the Cedarville sank, ten of her crewmen were lost and other crew members sustained personal injuries. Subsequently United States Steel filed a petition in the District Court for exoneration from or limitation of liability against the...

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