Legal Opinion
In Re the Complaint of Bay Runner Rentals, Inc.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided September 14, 2000No. CIV.A. WMN972399PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BREDAR, United States Magistrate Judge.
This case concerns an accident in Ocean City, Maryland, in which a personal watercraft (PWC) collided with a bulkhead. The owner of the PWC, Bay Runner Rentals, Inc. (Bay Runner), seeks exoneration from or limitation of any liability it may have in relation to the accident, pursuant to the Shipowners’ Limitation of Liability Act of 1851, 46 U.S.C.AApp. §§ 181-196 (1958) (the Act). The principal parties against whom Bay Runner seeks protection under the Act are Samantha Kemp-ton, a passenger on the PWC; Joan Sarif Goldberg, Ms.…
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