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AMERICAN DREDGING CO. v. LAMBERT

No. 97-4956.

153 F.3d 1292 (1998)

AMERICAN DREDGING COMPANY, as owner of the Tug MARCO ISLAND her engines, tackle, Plaintiff-Counter-Claimant-Appellant, v. Jose LAMBERT, Claimant-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, Mario Perez, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Vivian Perez, Olga Perez, Vivian Perez, Claimants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 10, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph O. Anderson, Patrick Novak, Miami, FL, for American Dredging Co.

Michael Murphy, Coral Gables, FL, Thomas E. Backmeyer, Hoppe & Stokes, Todd R. Schwartz, Ginsgerg & Schwartz, Miami, FL, for Appellees.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, BLACK, Circuit Judge, and KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge.

BLACK, Circuit Judge:

A pleasure boat carrying four passengers collided with a floating dredgepipe for which Appellant American Dredging Company, Inc. (American Dredging) was responsible. Following a bench trial, the district court found American Dredging liable to the parents and estates of two individuals killed in the accident. American Dredging filed this appeal.

I. BACKGROUND

On November 23, 1991,...

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