PETITION OF TRANS-PACIFIC FISHING & PACKING CO.

No. 16071.

152 F.Supp. 44 (1957)

Petition of TRANS-PACIFIC FISHING & PACKING CO., a corporation, for exoneration from and limitation of liability, THE MV WESTERN CLIPPER. M. Doremus, Administratrix of Estate of Phillip LaFata, et al., Claimants.

United States District Court W. D. Washington, N. D.

March 11, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bogle, Bogle & Gates, Edward S. Franklin, Seattle, Wash., for petitioner Trans-Pacific Fishing & Packing Co.

Levinson & Friedman, Sam L. Levinson and Edwin J. Friedman, Seattle, Wash., for claimants crew men Sizgorich, Mrvica, Neri and Doremus for the estate of LaFata.


BOWEN, District Judge.

Statement of the Case

This action was submitted for the Court's decision upon the evidence adduced at the trial and upon the petition for limitation of liability on behalf of the vessel owner Trans-Pacific Fishing & Packing Co., a corporation, of Seattle, and also upon the claims and answers of three members and the administratrix of the estate of one deceased member of the crew of the tuna fishing vessel M. V. Western Clipper...

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