VAN VALKENBERG v. PUGET SOUND INFLATABLES, DATREX, INC.

No. C01-0534R.

240 F.Supp.2d 1124 (2002)

Leslie VAN VALKENBERG, administratrix, on behalf of herself and the minor child Carli Van Valkenberg; Shane Carew, Esq., guardian ad litem for the minor Carli Van Valkenberg; William Van Valkenberg, personal representative for the estate of decedent Carl Van Valkenberg. Plaintiffs, v. PUGET SOUND INFLATABLES, DATREX, INC. and CM. Hammar, AB Defendants. CM. Hammar, AB and Datrex, Inc., Third-Party Plaintiffs. v. Evanick Corp., Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington.

January 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon C Webb, Bellevue, WA, John W Merriam, Seattle, WA, for Van Valkenberg, William Van Valkenberg, plaintiffs.

Shane Cornelius Carew, Carew Law Office, Seattle, WA, for Carli Van Valkenberg, plaintiff.

John Patrick Hayes, Forsberg & Umlauf, PS, Seattle, WA, Robert M Hacking, McDonough Hacking & Neumeier, Boston, MA, for Datrix Inc, CM Hammar AB, defendants.


RULING AND ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND CLARIFYING AVAILABLE LEGAL THEORY

ROTHSTEIN, District Judge.

Before the court is plaintiffs Van Valkenbergs' motion for partial summary judgment seeking a ruling from the court that the enhanced injury doctrine is applicable in this maritime wrongful death action. On April 25, 1998, decedent Carl Van Valkenberg's vessel, the F/V Evanick, capsized in Alaskan waters. Van Valkenberg...

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