UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 

PENSACOLA DIVISION 

IN THE MATTER OF IN RE 

SKANSKA USA CIVIL 

SOUTHEAST INC. AND 

SKANSKA USA, INC. AS 

OWNERS OF THE BARGE KS 

5531 PRAYING FOR 

EXONERATION FROM OR 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

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CIVIL ACTION NO.

3:20-CV-05980 – RV / MJF

DIRECT FILING SHORT FORM

CLAIM IN LIMITATION

JOINDER IN CLAIM AND MASTER ANSWER

INTERVENTION AND JOINDER IN MASTER COMPLAINTS

CLAIMANT PROFILE FORM

Authorized by Order of the Court, Civil Action No. 3:20-cv-05980-RV-MJF, Dkt. 

No. 7.

By submitting this document, I am asserting a claim in In re Skanska USA Civil Southeast Inc. 

and Skanska USA, Inc., as Owners of the Barge KS 5531 Praying for Exoneration From or 

Limitation of Liability, Case No. 3:20-cv-05980-RV-MJF;1

adopt and incorporate the Master 

Answer [Docket #66] and/or intervene into, join, and otherwise adopt the Master Claim [Docket

#60] for damages arising from barges 460007, CBR 758, KS 6011, and KS 5531, which 

impacted the Pensacola Bay Bridge. 1

See Dkt. No. 7, Notice to Claimants, filed 12/14/2020. To note: all Limitations proceedings were consolidated 

before Judge Rodger Vinson on February 15, 2021 [Dkt. No. 9]. This form should be filed with the U.S. District 

Court for the Northern District of Florida, 100 N. Palafox Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502, in Civil Action No. 

3:20-cv-05980 and with Defense Counsel at the following address: Kenneth H. Tribuch, Chaffe McCall LLP, 801 

Travis, Suite 1910 Houston, Texas 77002.

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Short Form Joinder

IN RE: SKANSKA USA CIVIL SOUTHEAST, INC. AND SKANSKA USA, INC.

EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

DIRECT FILING SHORT FORM

Authorized by Order of the Court, Civil Action No. 3:20-cv-05980-RV-MJF, Dkt. No. 7.

Claimant Information

Name

Last Name

First Name

Middle Name/Maiden

Suffix

Phone Number

E-Mail Address

Address

City / State / Zip

Is this an Individual Claim or a Business Claim?

Individual Claim Business Claim

If this is an individual claim, complete the following:

Name

Occupation

Wolfe

Chaz

(573)529-1552

chazwolfe@gmail.com

4350 Bayou Blvd.

Pensacola, FL 32503

Whibbs

John

Donovan

(850)324-3060

donovan@whibbslaw.com

2923 Bay St.

Gulf Breeze, FL 32563

X

John Donovan Whibbs, Sr.

Sr.

Attorney

Suzanne

Noland

(850)434-5395

suzanne@whibbslaw.com

Suzanne Noland Whibbs

Cohoon

Darla

Elizabeth

850-816-8164

darlacohoon87@gmail.com

2845 Lido Rd.

Darla E. Cohoon

Paralegal

Obenchain

Mark

Allen

(270) 869-4497

obchain@gmail.com

900 Fort Pickens Rd. Unit 822

Pensacola Beach, FL 32561

Mark Obenchain

Optometrist

Rachael

Taylor

859-475-2911

rwtaylor@yahoo.com

Rachael T. Obenchain

Paralegal

Wise

Richard

Whitten

(850)221-8887

rwhittenw@gmail.com

397 Creary Rd.

Pensacola, FL 32507

Richard W. Wise

Retired

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Address

City / State / Zip

Last 4 digits of your Social Security Number

If this is a business claim, complete the following:

Business Name

Type of Business

Address

City / State / Zip

Last 4 digits of your Tax ID Number

Attorney Information

Attorney Name: 

Firm Name:

Address:

City / State / Zip: 

Phone Number: 

E-Mail Address: 

Claim Type

Claim Type (Please check all that apply)

Earnings / Profit

Loss / Commuting

Expenses

Other (describe in

Question 4)

Brief Description

Wolfe Florida One, LLC d/b/a Edible Arrangements

Sale and delivery of gift items and edible treats and baskets.

4350 Bayou Blvd.

Pensacola, FL 32503

4683

Charles M. Caldwell II

Whibbs Stone Barnett P.A.

801 W. Romana St., Unit C

Pensacola, FL 32502

(850)434-5395

chase@whibbslaw.com

2923 Bay St.

Gulf Breeze, FL 32563

50171996

2845 Lido Blvd

1537

900 Ft. Pickens Rd. Unit 822

Pensacola Beach, FL 32561

2770 0584

397 Creary Rd.

Pensacola, FL 32507

X

9955

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1. Whether you are an individual or business, for earnings/profit loss claims, please include

either your annual salary / hourly wage or your annual profit(s) in the two years before

Hurricane Sally struck the Gulf Coast on September 16, 2020.

2. If you claim lost earnings/profits/income, please state the approximate amount of loss you

have experienced since the Pensacola Bay Bridge closed on September 16, 2020.

3. If you claim commuting expenses, please state the approximate increase in commuting

expenses that you attribute to the Pensacola Bay Bridge Outage.

4. If you checked “other” as your claim type, please describe the injury, as well as how and

when it was sustained.

2020: $825,674

2019: $684,760

During the March 18, 2021 status and scheduling conference, the Court expressed a preference to complete discovery in two phases.

Specifically, the first phase of discvoery would focus on issues relevant to jurisdiction and the limitation of liability actions. Thereafter

following a trial on these limited issues, the parties would turn to discovery relating to claimants' damages. The the extent that claimants 

are still calculating their damages, the calculations and underlying documents will be the subject of the damages phase of this litigation.

$580,000.00

$5,000.00

During the March 18 2021 Status and scheduling conference, the Court expressed a preference to complete 

discovery in two separate phases. Specifically, the first phase of discovery would focus on issues relevant to jurisdiction 

and the limitation of liability actions. Thereafter, following a trial on these limited issues, the parties would turn to 

discovery relating to claimants' damages. To the extent that claimants are still calculating their damages, the calculations

and underlying documentation will be the subject of the damages phase of this litigation.

2018: $26,771.99

2019: $29,617.00

$1,000.00 to date

$3,500.00 to date $2362.00 to date $4500.00 to date

Claimant was the primary custodial parent for his teenage daughter, who attends school

in Gulf Breeze. Following the bridge impact, it became unfeasible for his daughter to reside

in Pensacola while going to school in Gulf Breeze. Accordingly Mr. Wise has had

to have his daughter live with her mother in Gulf Breeze, which has caused him severe

emotional distress.

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Charles M. Caldwell II

04/01/2020 05/01/2021

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