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HUGHES v. CONTICARRIERS AND TERMINALS, INC.

Nos. 92-1601, 92-1874 and 92-2047.

6 F.3d 1195 (1993)

Rex W. HUGHES, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. CONTICARRIERS AND TERMINALS, INC., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard C. Jaques (argued), Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, Detroit, MI, for plaintiff-appellee.

D.J. Sartorio, Michael R. Stilf, Tribler & Orpett, Chicago, IL, Alan K. Goldstein, Robert Nienhuis (argued), Goldstein & Price, St. Louis, MO, for defendant-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, COFFEY, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

River towboats push rather than tow their cargo. M/V CONTI-KARLA, built in 1980, was designed to push fleets of 15 or more barges on the Mississippi. Maneuvering a chain of barges, with power from far astern, is possible only if the barges are lashed tightly with steel cables, to each other and to the tow-boat. Cables between the bow or face of the towboat and the closest barge are called facewires...

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