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CENTRAL RIVERS TOWING v. CITY OF BEARDSTOWN

Nos. 83-2909, 83-2945 and 83-2960.

750 F.2d 565 (1984)

CENTRAL RIVERS TOWING, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Third Party Defendant-Appellee. CENTRAL RIVERS TOWING, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Third Party Defendant-Appellant. CENTRAL RIVERS TOWING, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF BEARDSTOWN, ILLINOIS, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 6, 1984.

As Amended January 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Sandberg, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff-appellee.

John W. Leskera, East St. Louis, Ill., for defendant-third party plaintiff-appellant.

Before CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

This admiralty suit arises out of damage sustained by the towboat Keystone, owned and operated by the plaintiff Central Rivers Towing, Inc. ("Central Rivers"), when it struck a submerged bridge pier located in the navigable channel of the Illinois River. The submerged pier originally was part of a bridge that was owned by the defendant City of Beardstown (the "City"), but was demolished about 1955....

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