LaPlante v. Sun Coast Marine Services, Inc.

ORDER

COOK, District Judge.

This litigation involves a claim by the Plaintiffs, Paul E. LaPlante and his wife, Johanne G. LaPlante, both of whom contend that the Defendants, Sun Coast Marine Services, Inc., and Sea Tow Services International Inc., caused them to sustain substantial damages to their vessel, the M/V St. Yves, in August 1999. The co-Plaintiff, Northern Insurance Company of New York (“NINY”), served as the Plaintiffs’ insurer and is the subrogee to the LaPlantes’ insurance contract. In addition to denying these allegations, the Defendants filed a counterclaim, seeking to obtain…