SCHUURMAN v. MOTOR VESSEL BETTY K V

No. 85-5065. Non-Argument Calendar.

798 F.2d 442 (1986)

Jacob SCHUURMAN and Federal Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The MOTOR VESSEL "BETTY K V", her engines, tackle, etc., in rem, and Doric Navigation, in personam, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schreiber & Rodon-Alvarez, P.A., Gerhardt A. Schreiber, Coral Gables, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mitchell, Harris, Canning, Murray & Usich, P.A., C. Robert Murray, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


CORRECTED OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This appeal presents an issue of importance to the filing of appeals in the Eleventh Circuit: When is a judgment that dismisses a complaint but allows a plaintiff a stated period within which he may amend the complaint final for purposes of appeal?

FACTS

This admiralty action arose out of a collision which occurred in Bahamian territorial waters between plaintiff's yacht "Spendthrift," a vessel of Florida registry...

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