IN RE MUER

No. 96-2111.

146 F.3d 410 (1998)

In re Charles A. MUER. ESTATE OF Charles A. MUER, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, C.A. Muer Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Robert A. KARBEL, Personal Representative of the Estate of George F. Drummey and Lynne Drummey, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 9, 1998.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey T. Stewart (argued and briefed), Seikaly & Stewart, Southfield, MI, for Intervenor-Appellant.

John L. Cote' (argued and briefed), Curtis R. Hadley (briefed), Willingham & Cote', East Lansing, MI, Norbert B. Leonard (briefed), Leonard, Kruse & Zlatopolsky, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: CONTIE, DAUGHTREY, and COLE, Circuit Judges.


COLE, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which DAUGHTREY, J., joined. CONTIE, J. (pp. 419-420), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

COLE, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a petition by a vessel owner for a limitation of liability under the Limitation of Liability Act ("LOLA"), a federal statute intended to limit the liability of vessel owners who are not negligent and have no privity to or knowledge of the negligent...

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