KINSMAN MARINE TRANSIT v. GREAT LAKES TOWING CO.

No. 75-1855.

532 F.2d 1073 (1976)

The KINSMAN MARINE TRANSIT CO., as owner of the STEAMER HENRY LA LIBERTE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The GREAT LAKES TOWING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fenton F. Harrison, Harrison & Gruber, Buffalo, N. Y., James E. Saari, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant-appellant.

Roman Keenen, Ray, Robinson, Keenen & Hanninen, Lucian Y. Ray, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and CELEBREZZE and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an admiralty case involving a maritime accident in the Watson Basin at Buffalo, New York.

Appellee's steamer, "Henry La Liberte" (The steamer) had completed its unloading at an elevator on the City Ship Canal in the Port of Buffalo. Appellant's "California" (the tug) was engaged to tow the steamer safely from the Port down the canal to the Watson Basin and into Lake Erie. During this "winding" operation the steamer collided with the D.L...

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