024121P.pdf   03/15/2004  MO Barge Lines  v.  Belterra Resort
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-4121
                          and No:  02-4158
   Eastern District of Missouri   
   Civil case - Admiralty. District court did not err in finding plaintiff's 
   pilot violated Inland Navigation Rule 14 when he failed to propose the 
   manner of passing as he was the downward vessel, and it is mandatory 
   that the pilot of the downward vessel initiate the maneuvering signals; 
   plaintiff was entitled to limitation of liability as it had hired a licensed, 
   competent operator to navigate its vessel and there was no evidence 
   showing it could be charged with notice the pilot would operate the 
   vessel negligently; claim that vessel was unseaworthy was not supported 
   by the record, as the pilot's error in identifying the approaching vessel 
   was not due to any defect in the vessel's radar, but rather to this decision 
   to visually identify the vessel. 
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author]