BIRMINGHAM SOUTHEAST, LLC v. M/V MERCHANT PATRIOT

Nos. CV 498-007, CV 498-271, CV 498-282, CV 498-010, CV 499-33, CV 498-252, CV 499-116.

124 F.Supp.2d 1327 (2000)

BIRMINGHAM SOUTHEAST, LLC, et al., Plaintiffs/Claimants, v. M/V MERCHANT PATRIOT, etc., et al. Defendants/Petitioners.

United States District Court, S.D. Georgia, Savannah Division.

February 17, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Charlton Hartridge, II, Edwin D. Robb, Jr., Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Savannah, George R. Zacharkow, Mattioni, Mattioni & Mattioni, Ltd, Philadelphia, PA, Frederick J. Cuccia, Cuccia, Oster & Hansburg, Larchmont, NY, Machale A. Miller, Iliaura Hands, Miller & Williamson, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for plaintiffs.

Robert Edward Warren, Kimberly Held Israel, Moseley, Warren, Prichard & Parrish, Jacksonville, FL, Robert S. Glenn, Jr., George M. Earle, Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, Marc Gordon Marling, Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, Savannah, Eugene J. O'Conner, Freehill, Hogan & Mahar, New York City, James F. Moseley, Jr., Moseley, Warren, Prichard & Parrish, Jacksonville, FL, Edward A. Keane, Mahoney & Keane, LLP, New York City, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

NANGLE, District Judge.

A. Background

The petitioners1 in the above-captioned case have filed a petition for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, pursuant to the Limitation of Liability Act, 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 183-89. The petitioners seek to limit the liability that they have incurred as a result of a massive vessel casualty that occurred on December 30, 1997, causing...

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