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MATTER OF RIO GRANDE TRANSPORT, INC., ETC.

Nos. 78 Civ. 2702, 78 Civ. 5972.

516 F.Supp. 1155 (1981)

In the Matter of The Complaint of RIO GRANDE TRANSPORT, INC., as owner of S. S. YELLOWSTONE, for exoneration from or limitation of liability. In the Matter of The Complaint of COMPAGNIE NATIONALE ALGERIENNE DE NAVIGATION, as owner of the Motorvessel IBN BATOUTA, for exoneration from or limitation of liability.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

June 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Smith, Robert B. Pohl, Terry L. Stoltz, Burlingham Underwood & Lord, New York City, for Rio Grande Transport, Inc., plaintiff in 78 Civ. 2702, claimant in 78 Civ. 5972.

Richard H. Brown, Jr., Paul F. McGuire, Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, for Compagnie Nationale Algerienne de Navigation, conditional claimant in 78 Civ. 2702, plaintiff in 78 Civ. 5972.

Arthur Abarbanel, Schulman & Abarbanel, New York City, for claimants Berry, Cotton, Dickinson, Elgahmi, LaDuke, and Smith.

Paul S. Edelman, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, for claimants Lane, Stewart, and Karaba.

H. M. Walker, Jr., Geoffrey W. Gill, Robert E. Anderson, Walker & Corsa, New York City, for claimants Embassy of Tunisia and Office National des Cereales.

OPINION AND ORDER

PIERCE, District Judge.

On June 12, 1978, the S.S. Yellowstone, a ship owned by Rio Grande Transport, Inc. ("Rio Grande"), a New York corporation, carrying a cargo of grain destined for Tunisia, collided in the Mediterranean Sea with the M/V Ibn Batouta, a cargo ship owned by Compagnie Nationale Algerienne de Navigation ("CNAN"). The collision allegedly resulted in the sinking of the Yellowstone, the death of five of her crew-members, injury...

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