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NOTICE OF PETITION FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA IN ADMIRALTY
FORT MYERS DIVISION
Case No.: 2:23-cv-00905-JLB-KCD
IN RE: PETITION OF FREEDOM MARINE SALES LLC, as titled owner, and FREEDOM BOAT CLUB LLC, as owner pro hac vice of and for the M/V “Hopma On Board”, a 2022 Godfrey 2286 Pontoon Boat, hull identification number GDY65231B222, her engines, tackle, and appurtenances,
Petitioners.
NOTICE is hereby given that FREEDOM MARINE SALES LLC and FREEDOM BOAT CLUB LLC (hereinafter, “Petitioners”), as titled owner and owner pro hac vice, respectively, of and for the M/V “Hopma On Board”, a 2022 Godfrey 2286 Pontoon Boat, hull identification number GDY65231B222, her engines, tackle, and appurtenances (hereinafter, the “Vessel”) have filed a Petition claiming the benefits 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 Petition for any loss, damage or injury occurring on or about April 22, 2023, in navigable waters at or near Sanibel, Florida as described in the Petition and said Petition also stating the facts and circumstances upon which exoneration from and/or limitation of liability is claimed.
All persons or corporations having claims arising out of the events mentioned above and as more particularly described in the 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, Fort Myers Division, located at 801 North Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33602 and serve on or mail copies thereof to the Petitioners' attorney, CHARLES S. DAVANT, ESQUIRE, DAVANT LAW, P.A., 12 Southeast 7th Street, Suite 601, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 on or before December 15, 2023 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 to the Petition on or before the aforesaid date unless the Claim includes an Answer so designated or be defaulted.
Dated at Fort Myers, Florida this 2 day of November, 2023.
(SEAL) Ashleigh Levi
United States District Court
Middle District of Florida
By Deputy Clerk
Nov. 10, 17, 24; Dec. 1, 2023 23-03454L