High Court Petitioned Over 2008 La. Ship Crash, Oil Spill

By Lance Duroni (April 18, 2014, 5:54 PM EDT) -- American Commercial Lines LLC is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify maritime laws on preventing ship collisions in inland channels, hoping to hold another ship owner liable for the 2008 sinking of an ACL barge that caused a large oil spill in the Mississippi River....

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