Legal Opinion
Fine v. Rockwood
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided March 15, 1995No. 92-10050-CIVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Fine and Trout brought this action in admiralty under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332 and 1333 seeking a salvage award in the amount of $38,024.00 for their efforts in the February 21, 1992 incident with the M/V “Lion’s Whelp.”
I. FINDINGS OF FACT
At approximately 3:10 pm on February 21, 1992, the M/V “Lion’s Whelp” entered the channel of water leading to Ocean Reef Harbor in Monroe County, Florida. Between Greenmarker Nos. 17 and 19, the portside of the M/V “Lion’s Whelp” struck a rock outcropping. The collision drove the portside stabilizer…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Mason v. Ship BlaireauSupreme Court of the United States · 1804
- Joan M. Klein v. The Unidentified Wrecked and Abandoned Sailing Vessel, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by13 opinions
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