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Sea Star Line, LLC et al

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Case Number:

3:15-cv-01297

Court:

Florida Middle

Nature of Suit:

P.I.: Other

Judge:

Harvey E. Schlesinger

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  1. July 26, 2017

    Sunken Cargo Ship Owners Settle Claims Of FedEx, Others

    The owners of the S.S. El Faro, a cargo ship that sank near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin in 2015, have settled claims over lost cargo brought by FedEx and others, according to documents filed Tuesday in Florida federal court.

  2. February 21, 2017

    Sunken Cargo Ship Owners Settle 17 Claims In Dispute

    The owners of the S.S. El Faro, a cargo ship that sank near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin in 2015, have settled 17 claims brought by a variety of companies and the families of some of the crew members who died, according to documents filed Tuesday in Florida federal court.

  3. February 06, 2017

    Arnold & Itkin Survive DQ Bid In Sunken Ship Case

    A Florida federal magistrate judge on Monday refused to disqualify Arnold & Itkin LLP from representing widowers bringing wrongful death claims on behalf of their husbands who died when the El Faro cargo ship sank off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin in 2015, finding the alleged conflict is only hypothetical.

  4. January 18, 2017

    Atty DQ Bid In Sunken Ship Case Is Bad-Faith Move: Widows

    Three widows litigating wrongful death claims on behalf of their husbands who died when the El Faro cargo ship sank off the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin in 2015 said Tuesday that the ship's owners made a bad-faith claim of conflict in a bid to disqualify their common counsel.

  5. January 04, 2017

    Arnold & Itkin DQ Sought In Sunken Cargo Ship Case

    The owners of the El Faro, a cargo ship that sank near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin in 2015, asked a Florida federal judge Tuesday to disqualify Arnold & Itkin LLP from representing three different wrongful death claimants, saying a cap on potential payouts creates adverse interests between those clients.

  6. October 14, 2016

    Families Of Sunken Cargo Ship Crew Denied Quick Win

    The personal representatives of two victims of the 2015 sinking of the cargo ship El Faro during Hurricane Joaquin have fallen far short of demonstrating that there are no factual disputes and that the ship's owners are liable for the accident, a Florida federal judge ruled Thursday.

  7. March 02, 2016

    Sunken Cargo Ship's Owners Settle 4 More Families' Claims

    The owners of the El Faro, a cargo ship that sank near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin last year, have reached settlements with representatives for four more crew members killed in the incident, according to court filings entered Tuesday in a Florida federal court.

  8. January 25, 2016

    Sunken Cargo Ship Owners Settle 10 Families' Claims

    The families of 10 crew members killed when a cargo ship sank near the Bahamas during Hurricane Joaquin will receive at least $500,000 each to settle their claims in an action brought by El Faro's owners hoping to shake responsibility for the disaster, according to a Friday court filing.