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PETITION OF HARBOR TOWING CORPORATION

Nos. 4822, 4921.

310 F.Supp. 775 (1970)

Petition of HARBOR TOWING CORPORATION, Owner of the TUG VIRGINIA, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION, a body corporate v. ISTHMIAN LINES, INCORPORATED, a body corporate and SS STEEL DESIGNER, her engines, tackle, etc. (two cases). ISTHMIAN LINES, INCORPORATED, as owner of the Steamship Steel Designer, Cross-Libellant, v. BARGE BETHCOAL NO. 1 and Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Cross-Respondents. ISTHMIAN LINES, INCORPORATED, as owner of the Steamship Steel Designer, Cross-Libellant, v. BARGE BETHCOAL COMPANY, NO. 1, and Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Cross-Respondents.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

March 20, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Grimes, Ober, Williams & Grimes, Baltimore, Md., for Harbor Towing Corp.

David R. Owen, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, and Peter Parker, Baltimore, Md., for Bethlehem Steel Corp.

John H. Skeen, Jr., William A. Skeen and Skeen, Wilson & Gilbert, Baltimore, Md., Richard H. Brown, Jr., and A. J. Blank, Jr., Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, for Isthmian Lines, Inc.

Theodore R. Dankmeyer and Donald A. Krach, Niles, Barton, Gans & Markell, Baltimore, Md., and Louis P. Sheinbaum and Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for Aetna Ins. Co. and another.

WATKINS, District Judge.

At about 6:00 p. m. on December 31, 1964, on a clear night with good visibility, the SS STEEL DESIGNER, owned by Isthmian Lines, Incorporated (Isthmian) collided with BARGE BETHCOAL, NO. 1 owned by Bethlehem Steel Company (Bethlehem) in Chesapeake Bay near Buoy 12C in the Craighill Channel Approach to Baltimore Harbor. BETHCOAL NO. 1, was in tow by the Tug VIRGINIA owned by Harbor Towing Corporation (Harbor) en route from Norfolk to Sparrows...

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