No. 19-94

Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation v. Ingram Barge Company

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-18
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: allision approved-design common-law-duty design-approval legal-standard-of-care navigable-waters negligence negligence-standard rivers-and-harbors-act
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

May an owner's preservation of the approved design of a structure in navigable waters which is in compliance with its approved design, constitute negligence in a case involving an allision with the structure?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

May an owner's preservation of the approved design of a structure in navigable waters which is in compliance with its approved design, constitute negligence in a case involving an allision with the structure?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 19, 2019)

Attorneys

Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation
Daniel E. DeKoterDeKoter, Thole, Dawson & Rockman, P.L.C., Petitioner