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PETITION OF M/V ELAINE JONES

No. 71-2226.

480 F.2d 11 (1973)

Petition of Canal Barge Company, Inc., as Owner and Operator of the M/V ELAINE JONES, Praying For Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability. CANAL BARGE COMPANY, INC., Petitioner-Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. Mary Kathryn GRIFFITH, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of George L. Griffith, Deceased, Respondent-Appellee-Cross Appellant, Terminal Railroad Assoc. of St. Louis et al., Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 18, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Acomb, Jr., New Orleans, La., Douglas C. Wynn, Greenville, Miss., for petitioner-appellant.

Harry E. Barsh, Jr., Lake Charles, La., Clayton J. Swank, III, Greenville, Miss., Elmer Price, St. Louis, Mo., for respondents-appellees.

Frank S. Thackston, Jr., J. A. Lake, Greenville, Miss., for Terminal Railroad Ass'n. of St. Louis.

Before GODBOLD and RONEY, Circuit Judges, and BOYLE, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 18, 1973.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from a collision on October 14, 1969 between the M/V Elaine Jones, a towboat owned and operated by Canal Barge Company, Inc. (Canal), and the Eads Bridge, a fixed structure that spans the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri. The impact caused extensive damage to the bridge and resulted in the death of the towboat...

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