U.S. v. EGAN MARINE CORP.

Nos. 15-2477 & 15-2485.

843 F.3d 674 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EGAN MARINE CORPORATION and Dennis Michael Egan, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy John Chapman , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Rex R. Anderegg , Attorney, Anderegg & Associates, Milwaukee, WI, David R. Anderson , Attorney, Egan Marine Corporation, Lemont, IL, Johanna M. Christiansen , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before Easterbrook and Rovner, Circuit Judges, and Shadid, District Judge.


Barge EMC-423 exploded on January 19, 2005, while under way between Joliet and Chicago with a cargo of clarified slurry oil. The blast threw deckhand Alex Oliva into the water; he did not survive. Contending that Dennis Egan, master of the tug Lisa E that had been pushing the barge, had told Oliva to warm a pump using...

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