Petition of UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, as Owner of the STEAMSHIP CEDARVILLE, and the Petition of Den Norske Amerikalinje A/S, as Owner of the M/V TOPDALSFJORD, for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability.
Barbara J. FUHRMAN, Administratrix of the Estate of Arthur J. Fuhrman, Deceased, et al., Claimants-Appellants,
v.
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION and Den Norske Amerikalinje A/S, Petitioners-Appellees.
UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION and Den Norske Amerikalinje A/S, Cross-Appellants,
v.
Billy R. HOLLEY et al., Cross-Appellees.
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Argued December 5, 1972.
Decided May 1, 1973.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joseph Keig, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Lucian Y. Ray, Cleveland, Ohio, for United States Steel Corp. & Den Norske Amerikalinje A/S; Roman T. Keenen, Lucian Y. Ray, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief for United States Steel Corp.; Ray, Robinson, Keenen & Hanninen, Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel; Thomas O. Murphy, Cleveland, Ohio, Edward S. Silber, Chicago, Ill., on brief for Den Norske Amerikalinje A/S; Price, Cushman, Keck & Mahin, Chicago, Ill., Johnson, Branand & Jaeger, Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel.
Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Barbara J. Fuhrman, Billy R. Holley and others; Martin J. Vigderman, Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., J. Harold Traverse, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief.
Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and WEICK and PECK, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.
This admiralty case is making its third appearance before this Court. It arose out of a ship collision in the Straits of Mackinac in May 1965 between ships owned by United States Steel and Den Norske.1 Claimants are the seven seamen who were allegedly injured and the widows and administratrices of the estates of the three seamen who lost their lives when the bulk steamship...
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