Barge company held liable in death of sailor in James – $1,250,000 Verdict 
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Published: September 20, 2010
Tags: Admiralty, Federal Courts, Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr., Million-Dollar Verdicts, Wrongful Death
While taking part in training exercises on the James River, decedent Freddie Porter, a storekeeper seaman in the U.S. Navy, was killed when his rigid-hulled inflatable boats (RHIBs) was struck by one of an array of barges being towed by the tug William E. Poole. He was thrown overboard and died when he was sucked ...
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