Negligence – Barge Allision – Lightning Strike 
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Published: June 22, 2010
Tags: Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr., Negligence, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
Although two Coast Guard petty officers observed lightning strike near a barge on July 27, 2007, and then saw the barge, secured to defendant Moran Towing’s tugboat, become unmoored and move down the Elizabeth River, Moran Towing has not rebutted the presumption that its negligence allowed the barge’s allision with plaintiff Norfolk Southern’s Railroad Bridge ...
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