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JUNG HYUN SOOK v. GREAT PAC. SHIPPING CO.

No. 78-2985.

632 F.2d 100 (1980)

JUNG HYUN SOOK et al., Claimants-Appellants, v. GREAT PACIFIC SHIPPING COMPANY and Lasco Shipping Company, Complainants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Flynn, Graham & James, San Francisco, Cal., for claimants-appellants.

Paul H. Due, Due, Dobson & Degravelles, Baton Rouge, La., for complainants-appellees.

Before GOODWIN, Circuit Judge, MARKEY, Chief Judge, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge.

BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the notice of claim requirements of 46 U.S.C. § 185,1 which allows a vessel owner to petition for a limitation of liability within six months after a claimant gives the owner a "written notice of claim." The issue is whether the filing of a law suit in Korea against an alleged agent of the vessel owner for damages sustained in a maritime accident constituted "written notice of claim" under...

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