IN MATTER OF BRENT TOWING CO., INC.

No. PCA 74-63.

414 F.Supp. 131 (1975)

In the Matter of BRENT TOWING COMPANY, INC., as owner and operator of the M/V RUTH BRENT, praying for exoneration from or limitation of liability.

United States District Court, N. D. Florida, Pensacola Division.

November 15, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clayton J. Swank, III, Randolph Noble, Jr., Greenville, Miss., and James D. Swearingen, Pensacola, Fla., for Brent Towing Co., Inc.

Clayton J. M. Adkinson, DeFuniak Springs, Fla., for claimant, Dolly McCarter, as personal representative of the Estate of William C. McCarter.

Michael T. Callahan, Ronald W. Brooks, Geoffrey B. Dobson, State of Florida Dept. of Transp., Tallahassee, Fla., for claimant, State of Florida Dept. of Transp.

William K. Jennings, DeFuniak Springs, Fla., for claimants, E. H. Rutherford and R. J. Rutherford.

James E. Hertz, Pensacola, Fla., for claimant, Raymond Hall.


ORDER

ARNOW, Chief Judge.

Before the court are motions of the claimants, State of Florida Department of Transportation and Dolly McCarter, Personal Representative of the Estate of William C. McCarter, to set aside the court's order of June 6, 1974 restraining prosecution of claims. The complaints sought to be filed are against the M/V RUTH BRENT; against Brent Towing Company, Inc., as owner and operator of the M/V RUTH BRENT; against her master and officers...

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