Legal Opinion
In Re the Complaint of Okeanos Ocean Research Foundation, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 11, 1989No. 87 Civ. 7247 (JMC)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CANNELLA, District Judge.
Claimants’ motion to dismiss is denied. 46 U.S.C.App. § 185; Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule F of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims.
BACKGROUND
Petitioner Okeanos Ocean Research Foundation, Inc. [“Okeanos”] conducted daily whale watching excursions with passengers, on board the Finback II, a vessel owned by petitioner Odin Enterprises, Inc. On June 28, 1986 while engaged in a whale watching excursion off the coast of Mon-tauk, Long Island, the vessel was struck by a “rogue wave” which caused some of the passengers to be thrown about…
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