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COMPLAINT OF FALKINER

Civ. A. No. 87-751-N.

716 F.Supp. 895 (1988)

In the Matter of the Complaint of Charles L. FALKINER and Margaret B. Falkiner, as Owners of the Auxiliary Sailing VESSEL WAN FU, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.

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

December 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton H. Clark, Carter T. Gunn, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiffs.

Stanley E. Sacks, Michael F. Imprevento, Sacks & Sacks, Norfolk, Va., for claimant Thomas Owens.

James C. Hawks, Levin, Hawks & Associates, Portsmouth, Va., for claimant Lee Erickson.

Charles W. Hawks, Jr., Portsmouth, Va.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DOUMAR, District Judge.

This case arises from a black powder flash fire which occurred aboard the yacht WAN FU during a mock pirate battle on the Elizabeth River in the vicinity of Norfolk's Town Point Park. The pirate battle was staged as part of the festivities of the 1987 Norfolk Harborfest. Two cannoneers firing two black powder cannons which they brought aboard the WAN FU and a nearby friend of one of the cannoneers suffered...

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