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RUBENSTEIN v. BRYANT

No. 75-2081 Summary Calendar.

522 F.2d 1351 (1975)

In re the Complaint of Leroy RUBENSTEIN for exoneration from or limitation of liability as the owner of the PLEASURE CRAFT, BILLY BOY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Johanna J. BRYANT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 14, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Backmeyer, Gerald L. Bedford, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Guy B. Bailey, Jr., Thomas A. Gribbin, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Suffering personal injuries received on a demonstration cruise in the pleasure craft BILLY BOY, Johanna J. Bryant sued the owner, Leroy Rubenstein, for $250,000 in a Florida state court. Four months later, the state action still pending, Rubenstein brought a limitation and exoneration admiralty action in federal court. 46 U.S.C.A. § 183 et seq. The district court, sensing that the result...

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