PETITION OF CATALINA CRUISES, INC.

No. CV 94-5444 AAH (JGx).

930 F.Supp. 1384 (1996)

In the Matter of the Petition of CATALINA CRUISES, INC., as owners of the motor vessel "Catalina Countess" for exoneration from, or limitation of, liability.

United States District Court, C.D. California, Western Division.

June 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilner, Klein & Siegel, Walter Klein, and Joshua Bereny, Beverly Hills, CA, for Petitioner Catalina Cruises, Inc.

Steven Unger, Law Offices of Steven H. Unger, Beverly Hills, CA, for Claimants Tyrone Young, Alex Heidharian, Kamran Heidharian, Megashia Jackson, Darryl King, Ana Munoz, Jan Tsjioe, Elisa Ugarte, Joe Yuan, and Kevin Young.

Milberg & De Phillips, William A. Skoog, Jr., Cardiff by the Sea, CA, for Claimant Valerie A. Jordan.

Law Offices of Jose Urcis, Santa Ana, CA, for Claimant Julie Luna.

Schlossberg and Krzemuski, Andrew Krzemuski, Beverly Hills, CA, for Claimants Cleveland Washington, Toni Washington.

Lewis, Marenstein, Wicke & Sherwin, Thomas L. Hoegh, Woodland Hills, CA, for Claimant Wayne Laird.

Law Offices of Jeffrey Allen Goldman, Los Angeles, CA, for Claimant Bartolome Alcala.

Howard Krepack, Gordon, Edelstein, Krepack, Grant, Felton & Goldstein, Los Angeles, CA, for Claimant Lisa Bolton.

Mallory & Brown-Curtis, George L. Mallory, Jr., Los Angeles, CA, for Claimants Monique Brown, Sylvia Brown, Dawn Dyer, William Groves, Edward Pierce, Melony Pierce, Anthony Tidwell, James Tolbert, Sharon Washington, Caprice Winstead.

Landgren & Belz, David L. Belz, and Mary Luetto Nichols, Laguna Niguel, CA, for Claimant Luke Brunet.

Wise, Wiezorek, Timmons & Wise, Anthony Wiezorek, Richard Dieffenbach, and Steven C. Rice, Long Beach, CA, for Claimants Dena Deck and Kirsten Deck.

Clara Hill-Williams, Law Offices of Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Los Angeles, CA, for Claimant Adolphus Edmond.


OPINION, DECISION, FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER

HAUK, District Judge.

Introduction

This action is brought by Petitioner, Catalina Cruises, pursuant to the Limitation of Liability Act, 46 U.S.C. § 181 et seq. and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Supplemental Rule F for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims. Under the Limitation of Liability Act (the "Act") and Rule F, a shipowner facing liability to someone arising out of...

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