United States Eleventh Circuit

In an indemnity action by a ship owner to recover sums paid to settle an underlying maritime personal injury action, judgment for defendants is: 1) affirmed in part where the parties' agreement precluded recovering consequential damages or other indirect damages; but 2) reversed in part, where plaintiffs could proceed under federal maritime law on either a strict liability or negligence basis.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/21/2009
• Published 07/21/2009

Judges

• TRAGER, District Judge:, Before BARKETT and FAY, Circuit Judges, and TRAGER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cindy Lea Ebenfeld, Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A., Hollywood, FL, Mark Hicks, Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A., Mark Richard Houck, Richard R. McCormack, Houck Anderson, P.A., Miami, FL, for Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Hugh J. Turner, Jr., Akerman Senterfitt, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.