In the matter of: James A. Jacobsen

Filing 29

OPINION AND ORDER granting 28 Motion to Life Injunction as to State Court Action; granting 28 Motion to Stay. Status report due in 60 days. Signed by Judge Kenneth A. Marra on 11/4/2011. (ir)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO. 11-80570-CIV-MARRA/JOHNSON
In the matter of the Complaint of JAMES
A. JACOBSEN, as owner of a 1998 24'
Cobia, for exoneration from or limitation
of liability,
Petitioner.
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OPINION AND ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon the parties’ Joint Motion to Lift the Injunction as
to the State Court Action and to Stay the Federal Court Limitation Action (DE 28), filed on
November 4, 2011. In the Motion, the parties note that they have reached an agreement to settle
their dispute. See (DE 28) at p. 2. In light of the fact that there are no other interested parties in
this matter, see (DE 25), it is hereby:
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the parties’ Joint Motion to Lift the Injunction as to
the State Court Action and to Stay the Federal Court Limitation Action (DE 28) is GRANTED.
The injunction as to the state court action entered herein on May 18, 2011 (DE 6) is
LIFTED for the sole purpose for permitting the parties to file a Motion for Approval of a
minor’s settlement in the state court action. Further, this action is STAYED pending
resolution of the Motion to Approve Settlement in the state court action. The parties shall
file a status report as to the progress of the Motion to Approve Settlement in sixty (60)

days and shall immediately notify the Court upon final disposition of the Motion.
DONE and ORDERED in West Palm Beach, this 4 th day of November, 2011.

KENNETH A. MARRA
United States District Judge