Legal Opinion
In Re the Complaint of Paradise Holdings, Inc.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided December 26, 1984No. CV 84-0783 PARPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER
RYMER, District Judge.
This case arises from the death of Paul H. Stone who was killed while body surfing near the Kewalo Basin in Honolulu. According to the complaint filed in Hawaii state court by Stone’s widow and minor children, the captain of the Pearl Kai, a commercial cruise ship, piloted the craft in high surf conditions in the vicinity of a number of body surfers. Returning from a Pearl Harbor cruise, the ship was turned broadside to an incoming wave. In order to gain control of the vessel, the captain allegedly reversed the engine, backing the ship…
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