MATTER OF MARINE NAVIGATION SULPHUR CARRIERS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 77-220-N(c).

507 F.Supp. 205 (1980)

In the Matter of the Complaint of MARINE NAVIGATION SULPHUR CARRIERS, INC. and Marine Transport Lines, Inc. As Owners of the S/T MARINE FLORIDIAN for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

March 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip N. Davey, Seawell, McCoy, Dalton, Hughes, Gore & Timms, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiffs.

Anthony F. Troy, Atty. Gen. of Va., Walter A. McFarlane, Deputy Atty. Gen., John J. Beall, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., Hugh S. Meredith, Morton H. Clark, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., for Com. of Va.

Harrison, Aldridge & Pigeon, Hopewell, Va., for R. W. Davis & Son Lumber Co., Inc., Plant Food Products, Inc., Anthony H. Moogalain, t/a Airport Grocery, Frank O. Irvine, etc., Malcolm Jamieson, t/a Berkeley Plantation, C. Hill Carter, Jr. t/a Shirley Plantation and Bartlett Oil Co., Inc.

Breit, Rutter & Montagna, Norfolk, Va., for Lawrence B. Robertson et al. and Ira Carter.

Adler, Barish, Daniels, Levin & Creskoff, Philadelphia, Pa., for Lawrence B. Robertson et al.

Goddin, Major, Schubert & Hyman, Richmond, Va., for Terminal Stevedores, Inc. and Richmond Waterfront Terminals, Inc.

Claude C. Farmer, Jr., Thomas B. Hoover, Sandston, Va., for Chemical Carrier Corp. of Va.

Robert Epstein, Norfolk, Va., for Frederick O'Neal and William Wiggins.

Kaufman, Oberndorfer & Spianhour and Jett, Berkley & Furr, Norfolk, Va., for Lone Star Industries, Inc.

Eliades & Robertson, Hopewell, Va., for Henry C. Frazier.

Florence, Gordon & Brown, Richmond, Va., for Groome Transportation, Inc.

John H. Klein, Breit, Rutter & Montagna, Norfolk, Va., for Kinsley Smith.

Peter W. Rowe, Stackhouse, Weinberg & Stewart, Norfolk, Va., for Allied Towing Corp.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

KELLAM, District Judge.

The plaintiffs have moved this Court, pursuant to Rules 12 and 561 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to dismiss the claims presented by certain defendant-claimants. On February 24, 1977, the S/T MARINE FLORIDIAN collided with the Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge on the James River near Hopewell, Virginia. The MARINE FLORIDIAN is owned by plaintiff Marine Navigation Sulphur Carriers...

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