Legal Opinion
Estate of Muer v. Karbel
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1998No. 96-2111PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J., joined by Daughtrey, J.,
CONTIE, J. (pp. 419-420), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
COLE, Circuit Judge.
This case involves a petition by a vessel owner for a limitation of liability under the Limitation of Liability Act (“LOLA”), a federal statute intended to limit the liability of vessel owners who are not negligent and have no privity to or knowledge of the negligent cause of a maritime accident. The petition was filed in federal court in response to a wrongful death action which was asserted under general maritime law, and alternatively under the Death on the High Seas Act…
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