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This document summarizes a court case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit regarding a personal injury lawsuit. Virgil Hayden Crass, a crew member of a towboat, was injured when he fell through an open hatch on a grain barge being towed. He sued the towboat company for negligence. The towboat company then sued the barge owner, arguing they were liable under the terms of the towage contract. The district court found the towboat company negligent but not the barge owner. The towboat

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