UNIVERSAL TOWING CO. v. BARRALE

No. 78-1486.

595 F.2d 414 (1979)

In the Matter of the Complaint of Universal Towing Company, a corporation, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, UNIVERSAL TOWING COMPANY and Nilo Barge Line, Inc., Appellees, v. Carla BARRALE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1979.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Dowd, of Dowd, Oates & Dowd, St. Louis, Mo. (argued), Edward L. Dowd and Francis M. Oates, St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for appellant.

Gary T. Sacks, St. Louis, Mo. (argued), and Robert D. Nienhuis, of Goldstein & Price, St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for appellee, Universal Towing Co.

Peter B. Hoffman, of Kortenhof & Ely, St. Louis, Mo. (argued), and Joseph M. Kortenhof, St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for appellee, Nilo Barge Line, Inc.

Before HEANEY and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Carla Barrale appeals from the denial of her motion to dissolve an injunction and vacate an ad interim stipulation entered by the District Court pursuant to the Limitation of Liability Act, 46 U.S.C. § 181 et seq.1 We reverse.

On February 22, 1977, Joseph V. Barrale, an employee of Universal Towing Company, proceeded on a vessel owned by Universal to...

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