Legal Opinion
In Re the Complaint Cornfield
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 23, 2004No. 2:02-cv-03331PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM, DECISION AND ORDER AFTER BENCH TRIAL
SEYBERT, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
Jules S. Cornfield (“Petitioner”) brings a petition under the Shipowner’s Limitation of Liability Act (“Limitation Act”), 46 U.S.C.App. § 183, for exoneration from or limitation of liability arising from an October 1, 2001 boating accident in which his son, Alan, and friend, Fred Hebig, perished. Donna Klein Cornfield (“Claimant”), the widow of Petitioner’s son Alan, filed a claim against Petitioner for wrongful death and survival damages based on Petitioner’s alleged negligence as owner and operator of the…
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