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DOTY v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 79 C 2581, 79 C 2589.

508 F.Supp. 250 (1981)

Betty E. DOTY, etc. et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Melba J. KOHL, etc., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

February 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis G. Davidson & Associates, Ltd., Robert B. Patterson, Chicago, Ill. and Pignatelli, Pignatelli & Ripley, Rock Falls, Ill., Nevoarl & Corrigan, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Daniel C. Murray, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Esther G. Boynton, Torts Branch, Civil Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

In these consolidated admiralty actions plaintiffs Betty Doty, Linda Winters and Melba Kohl ("plaintiffs") seek damages from the United States ("government") for the death of the husband of each plaintiff in a boating accident, allegedly caused by the government's negligent maintenance and operation of Lock and Dam No. 13 (the "dam") on the Mississippi River...

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