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COMPLAINT OF DFDS SEAWAYS (BAHAMAS) LTD.

No. 85 Civ. 498 (LBS).

684 F.Supp. 1160 (1987)

In the Matter of the Complaint of DFDS SEAWAYS (BAHAMAS) LTD. and Scandinavian World Cruises (Bahamas) Ltd., Inc., as Owner and Operator of the M/V Scandinavian Sun for exoneration from or limitation of Liability.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

As Amended December 4, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freehill, Hogan & Mahar, New York City, for petitioners; Patrick J. Bonner, of counsel.

Hoadley & Gavigan, P.A., Thomas A. Hoadley, West Palm Beach, Fla., for respondent Doris Lavoie Hettiger.

James, Zimmerman & Paul, Harlan L. Paul, DeLand, Fla., for respondent Harold S. Lavoie.

OPINION

SAND, District Judge.

In this admiralty limitation proceeding, two of the claimants, Doris Hettiger and Harold Lavoie, are the mother and father of Colleen Skantar, a passenger who died in a fire on board the M/V Scandinavian Sun while it was docked in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At the time of her death in August 1984, the decedent was married.

Doris Hettiger has asserted claims which, in essence, seek damages for the loss of her daughter...

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