Matter of Tidewater Inc.

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO LIFT STAY OF OTHER LITIGATION

VANCE, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on claimant Benjamin Peters’ motion to lift the stay restraining the prosecution of claimant’s state court suit and to abstain from the present limitation of liability action pending resolution of the claimant’s state court action. For the reasons stated below, the Court denies claimant’s motion in its entirety.

I. BACKGROUND

On or about November 28, 1994, Darby Simmons, a roustabout employed by Pool Company, was struck by a cement unit and later died. Claimant, Benjamin Peters (“Peters”),…