California diving boat owners seek to head off lawsuits after 34 die in fire

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The owners of the dive boat where 34 people perished in a fire off Southern California filed a lawsuit Thursday to head off potentially costly litigation, a move condemned by some observers as disrespectful to the families of the dead.

that wrecked the boat, which remains upside down at the bottom of the sea near the Channel Islands.

Professor Martin J. Davies, the maritime law director at Tulane University, said the cases always follow accidents at sea and always look bad, but they are usually initiated by insurance companies to limit losses. They asserted in the lawsuit that they"used reasonable care to make the Conception seaworthy, and she was, at all relevant times, tight, staunch, and strong, fully and properly manned, equipped and supplied and in all respects seaworthy and fit for the service in which she was engaged."

The court filing not only seeks to protect the boat owners from legal exposure, but also will require any lawsuits to be filed in the same federal court.

 

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I hope they lose everything. This is horrible. People said nice things about them in the wake of the tragedy, but this shows their true measure.

The owners are horrible people!! Just days after 34 people die in their boat the first thing they do is worry about their money! The captain /crew bailed on the victims and now the owners are bailing on the families taking no responsibility! Get ready for Prison! truthaquatics

It’s an admission of their culpability, that’s for sure.

Courts have no emotion.

Made of the same material as Grenfell tower.

Ok, This company is going to block lawsuit. So don't do business with the company.

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