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CLAUSEN v. M/V NEW CARISSA

No. Civ. 00-6078-TC.

156 F.Supp.2d 1192 (2001)

Max & Lilli CLAUSEN, dba Clausen Oysters, Plaintiffs, v. M/V NEW CARISSA, in rem, Taiheiyo Kaiun Co., Ltd., Green Atlas Shipping, S.A., TMM Co., Ltd., Benjamin Morgado, The Britannia Steam Ship Insurance Association Limited, William Milwee, Gallagher Marine Systems, Inc., and Does 1 through 50, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Oregon.

August 27, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Tarshes, Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle, WA, Eric L. Dahlin, Everett W. Jack, Jr., Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Portland, OR, James P. Walsh, David Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Max Clausen, Lilli Clausen.

Craig C. Murphy, Wood Tatum Sanders & Murphy, Portland, OR, for N/V New Carissa.

Craig C. Murphy, Robert I. Sanders, Todd A. Zilbert, Wood Tatum Sanders & Murphy, Portland, OR, for Taiheiyo Kaiun Co. Ltd.

Robert I. Sanders, Todd A. Zilbert, Wood Tatum Sanders & Murphy, Portland, OR, for Green Atlas Shipping SA, TMM Co. Ltd.

ORDER

COFFIN, United States Magistrate Judge.

Defendants have filed a motion for judgment as a matter of law and in the alternative for a new trial (# 211), which is founded upon three grounds: the testimony of Dr. Elston, the admission into evidence of an "oil sheen" regulation, and a jury instruction regarding multiple causation.

BACKGROUND

On February 4, 1999, the M/V New Carissa ran aground on the Oregon Coast just north of the...

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