Legal Opinion
In Re Waterman Steamship Corp.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 30, 1992No. Civ. A. 91-1491PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SEAR, District Judge.
On February 9, 1991, a fire erupted in the engine room of the S/S Stonewall Jackson, killing six of the ship’s crew. The representatives of the deceased crew members filed separate actions in state court and on April 17, 1992, Waterman Steamship Corporation and AmSouth Bank filed this limitation proceeding. Petitioners filed an ad interim stipulation for value pursuant to which they stipulated with their surety, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, that the value of the S/S Stonewall Jackson and her pending freight was $7,852,780.00. Claimants…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Sacramento Navigation Co. v. SalzSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc. And Brown & Root, Inc., Successor to Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc. v. Zapata Off-Shore CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- The Main v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Liverpool, Brazil & River Plate Steam Navigation Co. v. Brooklyn Eastern District TerminalSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Short v. The ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1896
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