UNITED STATES v. PEAVEY BARGE LINE

No. 84-1251.

748 F.2d 395 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PEAVEY BARGE LINE, in personam, and the M/V GREMCO, Barge PV 5985, Barge PV 5996, Barge PV 5978, Barge ABS 1448, Barge UMC 2464, Barge PV 5903, Barge PV 2926, Barge PV 2923, and Barge PV 5997, their appurtenances, etc., in rem, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daryl F. Sohn, Goldstein & Price, St. Louis, Mo., for defendants-appellants.

L. Lee Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty., Peoria, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FLAUM, Circuit Judge, SWYGERT and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal of an admiralty case by the defendants following a bench trial which was limited to the issue of damages. The district court awarded the United States $425,373.24 for damages to a lock, dam, and bridge on the Mississippi River plus prejudgment interest at a rate of 11% from the date of the accident. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the decision of the district court.

I.

On July 15, 1978, the defendant...

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