BALDASSANO v. LARSEN

Civ. No. 5-82-29.

580 F.Supp. 415 (1984)

Joseph BALDASSANO, Plaintiff, v. Donald LARSEN and Union Oil Company of California, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fifth Division.

February 2, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Schumacher, St. Paul, Minn., for plaintiff.

Robert Mathias, Mathias & Brown, Duluth, Minn., for defendant Larsen.

George G. Eck, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant Union Oil.


ORDER

MILES W. LORD, Chief Judge.

Defendant Union Oil Company of California has petitioned this court to limit its liability for injuries resulting from collision of two small watercraft: a Union Oil pontoon and a speedboat owned by defendant Donald Larsen. By its petition, Union Oil seeks to take advantage of a nineteenth century admiralty statute designed to aid the infant American merchant marine. This court, in an order dated December 20, 1983, indicated...

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