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ASHLAND OIL v. THIRD NAT. BANK OF ASHLAND, KY.

Civ. A. No. 79-105.

557 F.Supp. 862 (1983)

In the Matter of the Petition of ASHLAND OIL, INC., as Charterer of the BARGE STC-2518B for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, Petitioner, v. THIRD NATIONAL BANK OF ASHLAND, KENTUCKY, Executor of the Estate of George Douglas Richardson, Deceased; Rich Terminal Company; Tanner Oil Company, et al., Claimants.

United States District Court, E.D. Kentucky, Covington Division.

January 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley M. Chesley and William R. Ellis, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio, for petitioner Ashland Oil, Inc.

Raymond G. Hasley, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Harold E. Kelly, Ashland, Ky., for claimant Third Nat. Bank of Ashland, Ky. (Executor of Richardson).

Michael Eagen and Gordon Greene, Cincinnati, Ohio, for claimant Rich Terminal Co. and intervening defendant Hartford Acc. and Indemnity Co.

Ted Earl, Columbus, Ohio, for claimant Tanner Oil Co.

Rodney Bryson, Covington, Ky., for claimants Travelers Ins. Co., The Cincinnati Ins., U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty Ins. Co.

Jack T. Baker and Max Picklesimer, Ashland, Ky., for claimants Glenn Lewis and Miriam Lewis, his wife.

C.J. Demichelis and John K. Hurd, McCaslin, Imbus & McCaslin, Cincinnati, Ohio, for claimant Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co.

Edward Goldman, Cincinnati, Ohio, for intervening plaintiff U.S. Fire Ins. Co.

Thomas Mester, Komito, Nurenberg, Plevin, Jacobson, Heller & McCarthy Co., Cleveland, Ohio, for claimant Marlene Pack, Administratrix of the Estate of William L. Pack, deceased.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BERTELSMAN, District Judge.

This case arises out of the disastrous explosion and fire of March 22, 1979, in a gasoline storage facility owned by the Rich Terminal Company at Ironton, Ohio, on the banks of the Ohio River. Rich Terminal, Inc., an Ohio corporation, with its principal place of business in Ohio, owned the gasoline storage facility (tank farm) on which the explosion occurred. Tanner...

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