IN RE UNITED STATES IN A CAUSE FOR EXONERATION

Case No. 15cv2626 JM(RBB).

331 F.Supp.3d 1112 (2018)

IN RE: the Complaint and Petition of the UNITED STATES of America IN A CAUSE FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO DHS-CBP VESSEL M382901 (M901) re: the Collision with an Unnamed Panga Smuggling Vessel on or about June 18, 2015.

United States District Court, S.D. California.

Signed August 3, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 46 U.S.C. § 30505-30510
Cause: 46 U.S.C. § 30505-30510 Exoneration, Limitation of Liability
Nature of Suit: 120 Contract: Marine
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

United States of America, Petitioner, represented by Eric Kaufman-Cohen , USDOJ, Torts Branch, Civil Div., Ernest Cordero, Jr. , U.S. Attorney's Office Civil Division & R. Michael Underhill , Torts Division Civil Division US Dept of Justice.

Hector Lopez & Luis Lopez-Garcia, Claimants, represented by Robert E. Schroth, Jr. , Schroth, Schroth & Madigan & Travis Eugene Davis , Schroth, Schroth & Madigan.

Graciela Lopez Franco, Claimant, represented by Eugene G. Iredale , Iredale & Yoo, APC.

Graciela Lopez Franco, Counter Claimant, represented by Eugene G. Iredale , Iredale & Yoo, APC.

United States of America, Counter Defendant, represented by Eric Kaufman-Cohen , USDOJ, Torts Branch, Civil Div., Ernest Cordero, Jr. , U.S. Attorney's Office Civil Division & R. Michael Underhill , Torts Division Civil Division US Dept of Justice.


STATEMENT OF DECISION

This Statement of Decision follows a two day bench trial which began on May 23, 2018, and was taken under submission following the June 7, 2018 filing of supplemental briefing. The court has considered all the papers...

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