COMPLAINT OF BALLARD SHIPPING CO.

Civ. A. No. 89-0685L.

810 F.Supp. 359 (1993)

In the Matter of the Complaint of BALLARD SHIPPING CO. for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

January 13, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Walsh, Jr., John J. Finn, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, MA, Gordon P. Cleary, Vetter & White, Providence, RI, for Ballard.

Douglas J. Rose, Providence, RI, for John Hobin, d/b/a Happy Hobin's, Roland Lapre, d/b/a Pier 5 Top of the Dock, Inc., Gregory Zeek, d/b/a Zeek's Creek Bait & Tackle Shop.

George F. McDonald, Cranston, RI, for Paiva Shellfish, Inc., Clotilde Paiva, Jose Carlos Nunes, Joaquim S. Prata.

Ralph Kinder, Armstrong & Gibbons, Providence, RI, for Recreation Partners I, d/b/a The Village Inn.

Roland B. Carpenter, North Kingstown, RI, for John P. Rutkevicz, Tiverton Shellfish Co., Inc.

Paul C. Borges, Providence, RI, for B & M Distributing, Inc.

Frederick C. Cass, Providence, RI, for Louis DiManni, d/b/a Admiral Seafood.

David B. Kaplan, Chelsea, MA, and Richard Corley, Lovett, Schefrin, Gallogly & Harnett, Providence, RI, for Robert R. Boisvert, Beach Shellfish, John McCabe II and Michael Robinson, d/b/a Bristol Marketing, Ltd., East Bay Clam & Lobster, Ken Ferrara, d/b/a Ray's Bait & Tackle, Greenwich Bay Clam, Inc., Donald C. Merrill, d/b/a Merrill Commercial Shellfishing Equipment, Antonio Giorgio, d/b/a New England Shellfish, Seven Seas Shellfish, Inc., Wells Metal Fabrication, Inc., P.F.G. Corp., d/b/a Wickford Shellfish, Norman Zwolinski, d/b/a Norman Zwolinski Shellfish Co., Ronald E. Turgeon, d/b/a Turgeon Shellfish.

Bradley L. Carter, pro se.

Michael S. Bestwick, pro se.

William G. DeConte, pro se.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LAGUEUX, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the motion of Ballard Shipping Co. ("Ballard") for exoneration from and dismissal of certain claims against it pursuant to Rule F of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims and Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Ballard argues that a number of individuals and entities which have filed claims against it have failed to state a claim upon...

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