IN RE FARRELL LINES, INCORPORATED

Civ. A. Nos. 68-679, 68-1123, 68-789, 69-591.

339 F.Supp. 91 (1971)

In the Matter of the Complaint of FARRELL LINES, INCORPORATED, as Owner of the STEAMSHIP AFRICAN STAR, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. In the Matter of INTERCITY BARGE COMPANY, Incorporated, as Owner, and of National Marine Service, Inc., as Bareboat Charterer of the BARGES INTERCITY NO. 11 and INTERCITY NO. 14, Praying for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. In the Matter of NATIONAL MARINE SERVICE, INC., as Owner of the TOWBOAT MIDWEST CITIES, Praying for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. In the Matter of FARRELL LINES, INCORPORATED, as Owner of the STEAMSHIP AFRICAN STAR, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. Claim of Douglas C. NAEGELE.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

September 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Lamy, of Dodd, Hirsch, Barker, Meunier, Boudreaux & Lamy, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Harry S. Redmon, Jr., of Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for Farrell Lines, Inc.


CHRISTENBERRY, District Judge.

Claimants' decedent was killed on March 16, 1968, while employed as a seaman aboard the S.S. African Star as a result of a collision between the S.S. African Star, the Tug Midwest Cities, and the barges Intercity No. 11 and Intercity No. 14 in the Mississippi River near the town of Port Sulphur, Louisiana. His father and mother, Mr. Cecil J. Naegele and Mrs. Mary Manning Naegele, make claims individually and as survivors of their son...

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