William McMein EHART, Jr., Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Maureen Anne Ehart, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
LAHAINA DIVERS, INC.; Cory Dam, Defendants-Appellants, and
Kaitlin Miller; Julianne Cricchio; Lahaina Dive & Surf LLC, Defendants.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted February 17, 2023 Honolulu, Hawaii.
John R. Hillsman (argued), McGuinn Hillsman & Palefsky, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Mark M. Williams, Law Office of Mark M. Williams, Pasadena, California, for Amicus Curiae Daniel W. Bader, dba Sea Landing Dive Center.
Brian O. Felder, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amicus Curiae Marine Recreation Association.
Charles D. Naylor, Law Offices of Charles D. Naylor, Long Beach, California; Michael F. Sturley, University of Texas Law School, Austin, Texas; Michael A. Kelly, Richard H. Schoenberger, Matthew D. Davis, Spencer J. Pahlke, and Joseph Nicholson, Walkup Melodia Kelly & Schoenberger PC, San Francisco, California; Gretchen M. Nelson and Carlos F. Llinas Negret, Nelson & Fraenkel LLP, Los Angeles, California; Douglas T. Moore, The Law Offices of Douglas Thomas Moore LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii; Preston Easley, Law Offices of Preston Easley APC, San Pedro, California; Joseph S. Stacey, James P. Jacobsen, and Nigel T. Stacey, Stacey & Jacobsen LLP, Seattle, Washington, Lyle C. Cavin, Jr., Law Offices of Lyle C. Cavin, Jr. & Associates, Oakland, California; Daniel C. Dziuba, Tichenor Dziuba Law Office, Portland, Oregon; Kurt Micklow and Edward M. Bull, III, Brodsky Micklow Bull & Weiss LLP, Oakland, California; Joel Krissman, Krissman & Silver LLP, Long Beach, California; for Amici Curiae Injured Vessel Passengers and Surviving Family Members and Personal Representatives of Fatally Injured Vessel Passengers.
Dissent by Judge Collins
OPINION
BEA, Circuit Judge:
The question in this case is whether 46 U.S.C. § 30527(a),1 which prohibits certain liability waivers regarding "vessel[s] transporting passengers between ports in the United States, or between a port in the United States and a port in a foreign country," applies when a vessel...
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