KAHUMOKU v. TITAN MARITIME, LLC

Civil No. 05-00207 JMS/KSC.

486 F.Supp.2d 1144 (2007)

Michael KAHUMOKU, Plaintiff, v. TITAN MARITIME, LLC and American Marine Corporation, Defendants. American Marine Corporation, Cross-claimant & Cross Defendant, v. Titan Maritime, LLC, Cross-claimant & Cross Defendant. Titan Maritime, LLC, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Healy Tibbits Builders, Inc and Does 1 through 10, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Hawai`i.

January 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston W. Easley, Jr., Law Offices of Preston Easley, San Pedro, CA, for Plaintiff.

James D. Boughey, Mark L. Cokee, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Richard C. Wootton, Cox Wootton Griffin Hansen & Poulos LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants.

Richard C. Wootton, Cox Wootton Griffin Hansen & Poulos LLP, James D. Boughey, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, San Francisco, CA, Tedson H. Koja, Office of Corporation Counsel, Honolulu, HI, for Cross Claimant & Cross Defendants.

James D. Boughey, Rebecca Labat Crosby, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Third-Party Plaintiff.

John O'Kane, Jr., Michael D. Formby, Michael J. Nakano, Mark S. Hamilton, Frame Formby & O'Kane, Honolulu, HI, for Third-Party Defendants.


ORDER GRANTING TITAN MARITIME'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO THE PLAINTIFF'S SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION (PUNITIVE DAMAGES)

SEABRIGHT, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Plaintiff, Michael Kahumoku ("Plaintiff'), was injured in the course of a marine salvage operation. The Plaintiff filed a negligence claim against Defendant Titan Maritime LLC's ("Titan") for both compensatory and punitive damages. Titan, filed for summary judgment...

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