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SAUDI v. S/T MARINE ATLANTIC

Civil Action No. H-99-2367.

159 F.Supp.2d 469 (2000)

Captain Sheriff SAUDI, Plaintiff v. S/T MARINE ATLANTIC, Her Equipment and Appurtenances, In Rem (a/k/a M/V Marine Atlantic, Her Equipment and Appurtenances, In Rem, a/k/a M/T Marine Atlantic, Her Equipment and Appurtenances, In Rem), Marine Atlantic, Ltd., John Doe Company, Owner of the Vessel Marine Atlantic, Acomarit Services Maritimes, S.A., Osprey Acomarit Ship Management, Inc., Valmet-Appleton, Inc., Appleton Machine Co. (Appleton Marine Division), Appleton Machine Co., Inc., Appleton Marine, Inc., John Doe Company, Designer of the Crane, Koch Petroleum Group, L.P., Jurong Shipyard, Ltd. and United States Trust Company of New York, Defendants

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

February 1, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Afton Jane Izen, Bellaire, TX, for Captain Sheriff Saudi.

Thomas R. Nork, Bell Ryniker et al., Houston, TX, for Marine Atlantic Ltd., Acomarit Services Maritime S.A.

Hollis Horton, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, TX, for Appleton Machine Co., Appleton Marine Inc.

F. Michael Stenglein, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Houston, TX, for United States Trust Company of New York.

Michael Evan Jaffe, Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, Michael D Hudgins, Hudgins Hudgins and Warrick, Houston, TX, David Kelleher, Stephen M. Hall, Arent Fox et al, Washington, DC, for Valmet-Appleton Incorporated.

Steven Michael Duble, Hays McConn Rice and Pickering, Houston, TX, for Koch Petroleum Group, Koch Shipping Inc., Koch Supply and Trading Co.

David Patrick Ayers, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, Innes A Mackillop, White Mackillop et al., Houston, TX, for Marine Transport Lines, Inc., Marine Transport Corp.

ORDER

HARMON, District Judge.

Pending before the Court in the above referenced admiralty and maritime action alleging negligence, unseaworthy vessel, negligence under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.App. § 688), breach of warranty of merchantability, and strict liability in tort, resulting in severe injury to Plaintiff Captain Sheriff Saudi ("Saudi") on May 17, 1999 when a crane, transferring him from the vessel Marine Atlantic to the vessel American...

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