Legal Opinion

Birmingham Southeast, LLC v. M/V MERCHANT PATRIOT

District Court, S.D. Georgia

Decided February 17, 2000No. CV 498-007, CV 498-271, CV 498-282, CV 498-010, CV 499-33, CV 498-252, CV 499-116PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

NANGLE, District Judge.

A. Background

The petitioners 1 in the above-captioned case have filed a petition for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, pursuant to the Limitation of Liability Act, 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 183-89. The petitioners seek to limit the liability that they have incurred as a result of a massive vessel casualty that occurred on December 30, 1997, causing the loss and damage of over $10 million worth of steel mill products owned by the claimants.

Throughout 1998, the claimants filed separate actions in this Court and in the Southern District of…

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