Legal Opinion
Jung Hyun Sook, Claimants-Appellants v. Great Pacific Shipping Company and Lasco Shipping Company, Complainants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1980No. 78-2985PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the notice of claim requirements of 46 U.S.C. § 185, 1 which allows a vessel owner to petition for a limitation of liability within six months after a claimant gives the owner a “written notice of claim.” The issue is whether the filing of a law suit in Korea against an alleged agent of the vessel owner for damages sustained in a maritime accident constituted “written notice of claim” under § 185 sufficient to begin the six month statute of limitations applicable to limitation of liability actions. We hold that it does not.
On February 13, 1977, the…
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