COOPER v. MERIDIAN YACHTS, LTD.

No. 08-13830.

575 F.3d 1151 (2009)

Jameson COOPER, Plaintiff, v. MERIDIAN YACHTS, LTD., a British Virgin Islands corporation, in personam, The M/Y MEDUSE, a 198 foot Fedship registered in the Cayman Islands with Official Number 729007, her engines, tackle, apparel and other appurtenances, in rem, Vulcan, Inc. a Washington corporation, Vulcan Maritime, Ltd., a foreign corporation, in personam, Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, De Vries Scheepsbouw, B.V., d.b.a. Feadship, F. De Voogt, NA, d.b.a. Feadship, Feadship America, Inc., d.b.a. Feadship, De Voogt Naval Architects, B.V., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cindy Lea Ebenfeld, Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A., Hollywood, FL, Mark Hicks, Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A., Mark Richard Houck, Richard R. McCormack, Houck Anderson, P.A., Miami, FL, for Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Hugh J. Turner, Jr., Akerman Senterfitt, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

Before BARKETT and FAY, Circuit Judges, and TRAGER, District Judge.


TRAGER, District Judge:

This case concerns an injury to a sea captain and the subsequent settlement of his claims by the third-party plaintiffs. The present appeal arises out of the third-party plaintiffs' attempt to recover the sums paid to settle the maritime personal injury action. Specifically, the third-party plaintiffs seek indemnity, contribution and equitable subrogation from the third-party defendants, who allegedly constructed, designed or maintained the...

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