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ROEN SALVAGE CO. v. SARTER

No. 20-3433.

17 F.4th 761 (2021)

ROEN SALVAGE COMPANY, as owner of Crew Boat Monark #2, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Julie SARTER, Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 10, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawn Leontine Johnson , Siobhan M. Murphy , Attorneys, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Chicago, IL, James H. Rodgers , Attorney, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Keith J. Kerfeld , Attorney, Tewksbury & Kerfeld, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, Kevin J. Conway , Attorney, Cooney & Conway, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and KIRSCH, Circuit Judges.

Donald Sarter drowned after the vessel Monark #2 capsized in Lake Superior. His employer Roen Salvage, which owned Monark #2, filed this federal action under 46 U.S.C. § 30505(a), asking the court to limit its liability to $25,000, which it says is the amount of its interest in the vessel. It also asked for exoneration...

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