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CASSENS v. ST. LOUIS RIVER CRUISE LINES

No. 94-1832.

44 F.3d 508 (1995)

Albert CASSENS and Doris Cassens, Plaintiffs, v. ST. LOUIS RIVER CRUISE LINES, INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants-Third/Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Third/Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel K. Goldstein, Douglas E. Gossow, Gary T. Sacks (argued), Goldstein & Price, St. Louis, MO, for defendants-appellants St. Louis River Cruise Lines, Inc., individually and as general partner of Connelly Group— Missouri, a general partnership dba Gateway Riverboat Cruises, Cruise Lines, Inc., as successor in interest to St. Louis River Cruise Lines, Inc.

Robert L. Simpkins, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Fairview Heights, IL, David V. Hutchinson, Keith B. LeTourneau (argued), Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee U.S.

Before CUMMINGS, EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Albert Cassens fell on the stairs between the Texas and Hurricane decks of the Belle of St. Louis ("the Belle"), a Mississippi River excursion cruise boat. The stairs had no handrails. The Belle's owner-operator, St. Louis River Cruise Lines, Inc. ("SLRCLI"),1 filed a third-party complaint against the United States based on the Coast Guard's certification of the Belle as "fit for the service intended of...

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