IN RE COMPLAINT OF ROSS ISLAND SAND & GRAVEL

No. 99-16031.

226 F.3d 1015 (2000)

In the Matter of The COMPLAINT OF ROSS ISLAND SAND & GRAVEL, as Demise Charterer of Anchor Scow for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability Ross Island Sand and Gravel Company, owner pro hac vice, dba Bare Boat Charterer of the vessel Anchor Scow, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Matson, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Hillman, McGuinn, Hillsman and Palefsky, for the defendant-appellant.

B. James Finnegan and Pia A. Angelikis, of Finnegan, Marks and Hampton, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: Lay, D.W. NELSON, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM Opinion; Concurrence by Judge D.W. NELSON

PER CURIAM:

James Matson appeals the district court's denial of his motion to dissolve a stay of parallel state court proceedings regarding a personal injury suit brought by a former employee. Matson's suit, brought in state court under the Jones Act, stemmed from injuries suffered while working on the "Anchor Scow," a vessel owned by Ross.

Ross Island, as owner pro hac vice of the Anchor...

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