In Re: Maersk Tankers

Filing 272

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS granting 189 MOTION for Summary Judgment , 217 Report and Recommendations, It is hereby ORDERED that the counter-claims against Houston Pilots (Dkts. 147, 166) are hereby DISMISSED. (Signed by Judge George C Hanks, Jr) Parties notified.(dperez, 3)

United States District Court
Southern District of Texas

ENTERED
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
GALVESTON DIVISION
IN RE: IN THE MATTER OF THE
COMPLAINT OF MAERSK TANKERS,
AS OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE
M/T CARLA MAERSK, FOR
EXONERATION FROM OR
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, et al,
Plaintiffs,
VS.
HOUSTON PILOTS, et al,
Defendants.

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January 05, 2017
David J. Bradley, Clerk

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:15-CV-106

ORDER
Pending before the Court is Claimant Houston Pilots’ Motion for Summary
Judgment. Dkt. 189. Counter-claimants Maersk Tankers (“Maersk”) as well as Conti
168 Schiffarts-GMBH & Co. Bulker KG MS and BBG-Bremer Bereederungsgesellschaft
mbH & Co. KG (“Conti”) responded to the motion (Dkts. 198 and 196, respectively).
Houston Pilots replied (Dkt. 205). On August 11, 2016, United States Magistrate Judge
John R. Froeschner entered a Report and Recommendation (“R & R”). The R & R
recommended granting Houston Pilots’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing the
counter-claims brought by Maersk and Conti.
Neither Maersk nor Conti objected to the R & R, though they had the opportunity
to do so. Because the parties declined to object to the R & R, the Court ADOPTS its
findings and conclusions. Houston Pilots’ Motion for Summary Judgment is therefore
GRANTED.
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It is hereby ORDERED that the counter-claims against Houston Pilots (Dkts. 147,
166) are hereby DISMISSED.
SIGNED at Galveston, Texas, this 5th day of January, 2017.
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George C. Hanks Jr.
United States District Judge

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