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COMPLAINT OF WALKER'S MIDSTREAM FUEL AND SERVICE CO.

Civ. A. Nos. C-81-0189-P, C-82-0059-P.

636 F.Supp. 339 (1986)

In the matter of the Complaint of WALKER'S MIDSTREAM FUEL AND SERVICE COMPANY, a corporation, for Exoneration from, or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, Paducah Division.

June 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary T. Sacks, Goldstein and Price, St. Louis, Mo., W. Pelham McMurry, Paducah, Ky., for Walker's Midstream.

James A. Harris, Jr., Paducah, Ky., W.J. Larzelere, Jr., New Orleans, La., for R & W Marine, Inc.

Ann D. Nunn, Louisville, Ky., James A. Lewis, for the U.S.

Frank Thacktson, Greenville, Miss., Richard C. Roberts, Paducah, Ky., for Bunge Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHNSTONE, Chief Judge.

This admiralty action arose out of a marine casualty which occurred during the early morning hours of March 3, 1981, at the Smithland Locks and Dam near Mile 918.5 of the Ohio River. On that date, the downriver bound M/V ROBERT DARON (hereinafter "DARON") and its tow of six loaded grain barges struck the upriver end of a guard wall causing damage to the barges, their cargoes, and the dam. Walker's Midstream Fuel...

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