20-02634N

UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
IN ADMIRALTY
Case No.: 8:20-cv-00911
SCRIVEN/SANSONE
IN RE:
PETITION OF MAD TOYZ III, LLC, as titled owner of and for one 2018 38' Statement 380 Open Motorboat bearing hull identification number STTEB112L718, her engines, tackle, and appurtenances, and
JEFFRY KNIGHT, as owner pro hac vice of and for one 2018 38' Statement 380 Open Motorboat bearing hull identification number STTEB112L718, her engines, tackle, and appurtenances, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability,
Petitioners.
NOTICE OF AMENDED
PETITION FOR
EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
NOTICE is hereby given that Petitioners, MAD TOYZ III, LLC, as titled owner of and for one 2018 38' Statement 380 Open Motorboat bearing hull identification number STTEB112L718, her engines, tackle, and appurtenances, and JEFFRY KNIGHT, as owner pro hac vice of and for one 2018 38' Statement 380 Open Motorboat bearing hull identification number STTEB112L718, her engines, tackle, and appurtenances, have filed an Amended Petition claiming the benefit of exoneration from and/or limitation of liability according to law and as provided in Section 30501 et seq. of Title 46, United States Code, Rule F of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the statutes supplemental thereto and amendatory thereof, and also contesting liability independently of the limitation of liability claimed in said Amended Petition for any loss, damage or injury occurring on or about September 2, 2019, in navigable waters at or near the intercoastal waterway west of the Dick Misner Bridge, Pinellas County, Florida as described in the Amended Petition and said Amended Petition also stating the facts and circumstances upon which exoneration from and/or limitation or liability is claimed.
All persons or corporations having claims arising out of the events mentioned above and as more particularly described in the Amended Petition must present them as provided in Rule F of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to the Clerk, United States District Courthouse for the Middle District of Florida located at 801 North Florida Avenue Tampa, Florida 33602 and serve on or mail copies thereof to the Petitioners' attorney, CHARLES S. DAVANT, ESQUIRE, DAVANT LAW, P.A., 401 East Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400, Fort Lauderdale, Florida on or before July 16, 2020 or be defaulted. Personal attendance is not required.
Any claimant desiring to contest the allegations of the Petition shall file and serve on counsel for Petitioners, an Answer and/or Claim to the Amended Petition on or before the aforesaid date unless the Claim includes an Answer so designated or be defaulted.
Dated at Tampa, Florida this 2 day of June, 2020.
Lourdes Del Rio
United States District Court
Middle District Court of Florida
By Deputy Clerk
CHARLES S. DAVANT, ESQUIRE
DAVANT LAW, P.A
12 Southeast 7th Street, Suite 605
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
June 5, 12, 19, 26, 2020 20-02634N

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