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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: Petition for limitation of liability

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER OF DISMISSAL & DISSOLUTION OF LIMITATION FUND 

(C07-6175 VRW) 

P0312.2010-1773 

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LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE W. NOWELL 

100 Montgomery Street, Suite 1990 

San Francisco, CA 94104-4322 

Phone: (415) 362-1333 Fax: (415) 362-1344

GEORGE W. NOWELL (SBN: 83868) 

 george.nowell@nowelllaw.com 

PAUL B. ARENAS (SBN: 167863) 

 paul.arenas@nowelllaw.com 

JOHN H. CIGAVIC III (SBN: 231806) 

 john.cigavic@nowelllaw.com 

LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE W. NOWELL 

100 Montgomery Street, Suite 1990 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 362-1333; 

Facsimile: (415) 362-1344 

Attorneys for Petitioners JERICO PRODUCTS, INC. 

and LIND MARINE, INC. 

BRUCE A. BEHRENS, Chief Counsel 

DAVID GOSSAGE, Deputy Chief Counsel 

MICHAEL G. HARRINGTON, Assistant Chief Counsel 

BELVIN SMITH 

WM. DAVID SULLIVAN (SBN 142881) 

PATRICK PETERSEN (SBN 232639) 

595 Market Street, Suite 1700 

San Francisco, CA 94120-7444 

Telephone: (415) 904-5700 

Facsimile: (415) 904-2333 

Attorneys for Claimant 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

(SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION) 

IN RE COMPLAINT OF JERICO PRODUCTS, 

INC. and LIND MARINE, INC. AS OWNERS 

AND/OR OPERATORS OF THE TUG 

PETALUMA HER ENGINES, TACKLE, 

APPURTENANCES, AND THE BARGE 201 

(J5200), IN A CAUSE OF EXONERATION 

FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, 

 Petitioner, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION, 

 Claimant. 

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CASE NO.: C07-6175 VRW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL & 

DISSOLUTION OF LIMITATION 

FUND 

IN ADMIRALTY 

FRCivP 41 

Judge: Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker 

Complaint filed: 5 December 2007 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER OF DISMISSAL & DISSOLUTION OF LIMITATION FUND 

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LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE W. NOWELL 

100 Montgomery Street, Suite 1990 

San Francisco, CA 94104-4322 

Phone: (415) 362-1333 Fax: (415) 362-1344

 Come now Petitioners JERICO PRODUCTS, INC. and LIND MARINE, INC. AS 

OWNERS AND/OR OPERATORS OF THE TUG PETALUMA HER ENGINES, TACKLE, 

APPURTENANCES, ETC. ("PETITIONERS") and THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA ("CLAIMANT"); 

 CLAIMANT being the only appearing defendant or claimant in this lawsuit; 

 All other potential defendants or claimants having failed to file timely claims in 

accordance with this Court's Order of 22 January 2008 (appearing on the Docket of this Court at 

No. 10) and having been barred from filing claims by this Court's Order of 22 July 2008 

(appearing on the Docket of this Court at No. 24); 

 PETITIONERS and CLAIMANT, the only remaining parties in this lawsuit, having 

reached a settlement of CLAIMANT's claim in the amount of $71,000, hereby stipulate to the 

dismissal of CLAIMANT 's claim and of this action in its entirety pursuant to Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure Rule 41(a)(2) and 41(c). 

IT IS SO STIPULATED: 

Dated: 18 March 2010 LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE W. NOWELL 

By: _________ /s/ John H. Cigavic III ___________ 

JOHN H. CIGAVIC III

Attorneys for petitioners 

JERICO PRODUCTS, INC. 

and LIND MARINE, INC. 

Dated: March 18, 2010 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION

By: _________ /s/ Patrick Petersen ______________ 

WM. DAVID SULLIVAN 

PATRICK PETERSEN 

Attorneys for CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT 

OF TRANSPORTATION 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER OF DISMISSAL & DISSOLUTION OF LIMITATION FUND 

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LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE W. NOWELL 

100 Montgomery Street, Suite 1990 

San Francisco, CA 94104-4322 

Phone: (415) 362-1333 Fax: (415) 362-1344

[PROPOSED] ORDER

 PETITIONERS and CLAIMANT HAVING reached a settlement of CLAIMANT 's 

claim, which is all that remains of this entire petition for limitation of liability pursuant to 46 

USC §30501, et seq., and FRCivP SUPP RULE F, and good cause appearing therefor, 

 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 (1) this action is hereby dismissed in its entirety with prejudice; 

 (2) the Letter of Undertaking petitioners filed with the Complaint in this petition is 

 hereby cancelled and the Clerk is ordered to return said Letter of Undertaking to 

 its maker (through counsel for petitioners); and 

 (3) the limitation fund at issue in this petition is dissolved. 

 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each party will bear its own costs and attorneys’ fees. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED: 

Dated: ______________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

By:______________________________________ 

VAUGHN R. WALKER 

CHIEF JUDGE 

Prepared by: 

Dated: 18 March 2010 LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE W. NOWELL 

By: _________ /s/ John H. Cigavic III ___________ 

JOHN H. CIGAVIC III

Attorneys for petitioners 

JERICO PRODUCTS, INC. 

and LIND MARINE, INC. 

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March 23, 2010 

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Vaughn R Walker

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