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AMERICAN RIVER TRANSP. CO. v. RYAN

No. 08-1545.

579 F.3d 820 (2009)

AMERICAN RIVER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antoinette RYAN, Defendant. Appeal of Kerrie L. Vesolowski, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 27, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Johnson, Attorney, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Gary T. Sacks (argued), Neal W. Settergren, Attorney Goldstein & Price St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Cary E. Donham (argued), J. Timothy Eaton, Attorney, Shefsky & Froelich, Sean P. Driscoll, Chicago, IL, for Claimant-Appellant.

Jeffrey J. Kroll, Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant.

Before BAUER, RIPPLE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

When a barge pushed by a towboat owned and operated by American River Transportation Company ("Artco") collided with a motor boat, passenger Kerrie Vesolowski was injured. After Vesolowski sued Artco for negligence in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Artco filed a complaint in federal court under the Shipowner's Limitation of Liability Act ("Limitation Act"), 46 U.S.C. §§ 30501 et seq.,...

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