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HILLIER v. SOUTHERN TOWING CO.

No. 81-2825.

714 F.2d 714 (1983)

Evelyn HILLIER, individually and as administratrix of the estate of Henry Hillier, deceased, Plaintiff, v. SOUTHERN TOWING COMPANY, Defendant, Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee. In the Matter of the Complaint of MEMPHIS TOWING COMPANY, a corporation, for exoneration from or limitation of liability, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary T. Sacks, Goldstein & Price, St. Louis, Mo., for Southern Towing Co.

Barbara B. O'Malley, Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for the U.S.

Before POSNER, NICHOLS and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises difficult questions of admiralty law and sovereign immunity arising from the effort of two firms to obtain indemnity from the United States. The firms are defendants in a suit brought by the widow of a member of the armed forces who was killed while on active duty. They seek indemnity on the ground that the United States was the primary wrongdoer in the accident.

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