United States Eighth Circuit
RIVERWAY HARBOR SERV., St. LOUIS, INC. v. BRIDGE & CRANE INSPECTION, INC., 00-1415
Under the Limitation Act, admiralty plaintiffs may seek remedies in state court once they stipulate to federal jurisdiction for limitation of liability purposes and may pursue state remedies involving exoneration of liability under the saving suitors clause.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/20/2001
- Published 08/20/2001
Judges
- McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, and McMILLIAN and RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Eighth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Roy C. Dripps, argued, Wood River, IL, for appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Raymond Lee Massey, argued, St. Louis, MO (James W. Erwin and John S. Farmer, St. Louis, MO, on the brief), for appellee Riverway Harbor Service of St. Louis, Inc., Gary W. Bomkamp, on the brief, for appellee Bridge & Crane Inspections, Inc.