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PETITION OF RJF INTERN. CORP. FOR EXONERATION

No. C.A.01-588S.

332 F.Supp.2d 458 (2004)

PETITION OF RJF INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, CIVIL AND MARITIME.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

August 10, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Edward Collins, Thomas E. Clinton, Thomas J. Muzyka, Esq., Kenneth M. Chiarello, Esq., Clinton & Muzyka, P.C., Boston, MA, Michael Richard Hagopian, Warwick, RI, for Petitioner.

Anthony C. DiGioia, Esq., U.S. Attorney's Office, Providence, RI, Clifford M. Pierce, Boston, MA, for Intervenor-Plaintiff.

John S. Foley, Esq., Howard B. Klein, Jennifer Anne Barry, Esq., Decof & Decof P.C., Providence, RI, John W. Merting, John W. Merting, P.A., Gulf Breeze, FL, Andrew V. Buchsbaum, Esq., Friedman & James LLP, New York City, Dennis J. Roberts, II, Esq., Providence, RI, Gabriella G. Gaal, Esq., Warwick, RI, for Claimants.

Lane W. Newquist, Esq., Anthony C. DiGioia, Esq., U.S. Attorney's Office, Providence, RI, for Movants.

Richard Donovan, Boston, MA, Pro Se.

DECISION AND ORDER

SMITH, District Judge.

"From time immemorial, the law of the sea has required shipowners to ensure the maintenance and cure of seamen who fall ill or become injured while in service of the ship." LeBlanc v. B.G.T. Corp., 992 F.2d 394, 396 (1st Cir.1993). And in more modern times it is not uncommon that a seaman receiving maintenance and cure from a shipowner may be so severely injured that...

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