Complaint of Lidoriki Maritime Corp.

HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

In this maritime action, where the owners and/or alleged owners of the tank vessel ELIAS 1 seek exoneration from and limitation of liability, certain injury claimants have moved this Court to attach the proceeds of hull insurance on the tank vessel ELIAS and to add those proceeds to the limitation fund. 2 The claimants argue that the shipowner is a Panamanian corporation, that Panamanian law applies, and that under the applicable Panamanian law the limitation fund includes the proceeds of hull insurance. While the vessel owner does not deny that it is a Panamanian…