United States Fire Insurance Company et al v. Icicle Seafoods Inc et al

Filing 146

ORDER re Parties' 145 Stipulated MOTION for Entry of Judgment and Disbursement of Registry Funds. The clerk is authorized and directed to draw a check on the funds deposited in the registry of this court in the principal amount of $966,63 8.48 plus all accrued interest, minus any statutory users fees, payable to United States Fire Insurance Company, et al. and mail or deliver the check to Bauer Moynihan & Johnson LLP as counsel for the Insurers. Signed by Judge Ricardo S. Martinez. (SB) (cc: finance)

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The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE

UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, et al.,

IN ADMIRALTY
NO. 2:20-cv-00401-RSM

Plaintiffs/Counterclaim
Defendants,
v.
ICICLE SEAFOODS, INC., et al.,

STIPULATED MOTION AND ORDER
FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT AND
DISBURSEMENT OF REGISTRY FUNDS
NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR:
DECEMBER 17, 2021

Defendants/Counterclaim
Plaintiffs.
The parties hereby stipulate to and jointly move for entry of judgment and disbursement
of the funds held in the registry of this Court.
On November 19, 2021, the Court entered its Order Re: Motions for Summary Judgment
(“MSJ Order”). Dkt. 144. The MSJ Order held as follows: (i) Washington law applies to the
parties’ dispute; (ii) Icicle is not entitled to a jury trial; (iii) “Icicle is required to demonstrate an
actual loss sustained of net earnings lost during the 14-day deductible period for the 2017 cod or
sockeye salmon seasons”; and (iv) Icicle breached its duty to cooperate with the Insurers as a

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Seattle, WA  98101 
206.467.6477

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matter of law, prejudicing Insurers and thereby discharging the Insurers’ obligations under the
policies and warranting summary dismissal of all of Icicle’s counterclaims.
The motions that the Court decided in the MSJ Order did not seek judgment on the
Insurers’ sole affirmative claim, which seeks declaratory relief. See Dkt. 3 at ¶33 (“The Court
should declare the quantum of defendants’ actual loss of net earnings, if any, sustained in
consequence of the RM THORSTENSON’s main engine damage in December 2016 and as
limited by the policy’s terms and conditions, in order to determine the rights and obligations of
the parties and to resolve the controversy between them.”). As a result, the MSJ Order did not
dispose of the Insurers’ claim for declaratory judgment. However, the parties agree that the
rationale of the MSJ Order entitles the Insurers to summary judgment on their claim for
declaratory relief. Put another way, because the Court held “the Insurers have been discharged
of their obligations arising from the policy,” Dkt. 144 at 25, there is no longer any need for the
Court to “declare the quantum of [Icicle’s] actual loss of net earnings, if any, sustained” in
connection with Icicle’s loss of hire claim.
The parties thus respectfully request that the Court enter the attached proposed Judgment
in a Civil Case. Cf. Fed. R. Civ. P. 58(d) (“A party may request that judgment be set out in a
separate document as required by Rule 58(a).”). The parties agree that Icicle’s stipulation to
entry of the requested Judgment in a Civil Case pertains only to the form of the attached
proposed Judgment and is in no way a concession as to the substance or merits of any issue.
Icicle intends to appeal the Judgment, and the parties further expressly agree that Icicle’s right of
appeal is fully preserved. The parties likewise agree that the Court should promptly disburse to
Bauer Moynihan & Johnson LLP as counsel for the Insurers the entirety of the $966,638.48 in

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206.467.6477

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funds deposited by the Insurers in the Court’s registry together with any accrued interest. See
Dkt. 40.
A proposed judgment in appropriate form is submitted herewith.

DATE: December 17, 2021

GORDON TILDEN THOMAS & CORDELL LLP
Attorneys for Defendants/Counterclaim Plaintiffs Icicle
Seafoods, Inc., et al.
By

DATE: December17, 2021

s/ Franklin D. Cordell
Franklin D. Cordell, WSBA #26392
Michael Rosenberger, WSBA #17730
Greg D. Pendleton, WSBA #38361
Chelsey L. Mam, WSBA #44609
Miles C. Bludorn, WSBA #54238
600 University Street, Suite 2915
Seattle, Washington 98101
206.467.6477
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

BAUER MOYNIHAN & JOHNSON LLP
Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants
United States Fire Insurance Company, et al.
By

s/ Matthew C. Crane
Matthew C. Crane, WSBA #18003
Meliha Jusupovic, WSBA #54024
2101 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2400
Seattle, WA 98121
206.443.3400
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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DATE: December 17, 2021

LETHER LAW GROUP
Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants
United States Fire Insurance Company, et al.
By

s/ Thomas Lether
Thomas Lether, WSBA #18089
Sam Colito, WSBA #42529
1848 Westlake Avenue North, Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98109
206.467.5444
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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IT IS SO ORDERED. The clerk is authorized and directed to draw a check on the funds
deposited in the registry of this court in the principal amount of $966,638.48 plus all accrued interest,
minus any statutory users fees, payable to United States Fire Insurance Company, et al. and mail or
deliver the check to Bauer Moynihan & Johnson LLP as counsel for the Insurers.

DATED this 20th day of December, 2021.

A

RICARDO S. MARTINEZ
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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600 University Street 
Suite 2915 
Seattle, WA  98101 
206.467.6477