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IN RE WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS, INC.

No. 22-16928.

90 F.4th 1032 (2024)

IN RE: Complaint and Petition of WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS, INC. as Owner of a Certain 2004 Yamaha Wave Runner FX 140 (CF 5408 LE) For Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability, Williams Sports Rentals Inc., as Owner of a Certain 2004 Yamaha Waverunner FX 140, Petitioner-counter-respondent-Appellee, v. Marian Latasha Willis, on behalf of the Estate of Raeshon Williams, Respondent-counter-claimant-Appellant, v. Thomas Smith; Kai Petrich; Berkeley Executives, Inc.; Zip, Inc., Third-party-defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 16, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Hillsman (argued), McGuinn Hillsman & Palefsky, San Francisco, California; Anthony L. Label and Steven A. Kronenberg , The Veen Firm, San Francisco, California; for Respondent-counter-claimant-Appellant.

Brian O. Felder (argued) and Ian Stewart , Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Petitioner-counter-respondent-Appellee.

Before: Eric D. Miller and Lucy H. Koh, Circuit Judges, and Barbara M. G. Lynn, District Judge.

OPINION

The Shipowner's Limitation of Liability Act (the Limitation Act), 46 U.S.C. § 30501 et seq., allows the owner of a vessel to limit its liability for accidents and to enjoin lawsuits that threaten its right to do so. After a fatal accident involving a...

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