AMERICAN BOAT CO., INC. v. UNKNOWN SUNKEN BARGE

No. 1:01-CV-21-RWS.

299 F.Supp.2d 944 (2003)

AMERICAN BOAT COMPANY, INC.; Underwriters Insurance Co; Navigators Insurance Co., Plaintiffs, v. UNKNOWN SUNKEN BARGE; Owner of Unknown Sunken Barge; Unknown Tower of Unknown Sunken Barge; and the United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Missouri, Southeastern Division.

September 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Dantone, Joel J. Henderson, Edward D. Lamar, Henderson and Dantone, Greenville, MS, Donald L. Dickerson, Dickerson and Hillcape, Girardeau, MO, for American Boat Co.

Michelle T. Delemarre, U.S. Department of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Joseph M. Landolt, Office of U.S. Attorney, St. Louis, MO, for U.S.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SIPPEL, District Judge.

Plaintiff American Boat Company, Inc. ("American Boat") owns the towboat M/V NAVIGATOR. American Boat alleges that Defendant United States of America ("United States") was negligent in its duty to maintain the navigable channel of the lower Mississippi River. Specifically, American Boat alleges that the United States failed to warn of or to remove an obstruction in the Mississippi River which damaged the...

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