Opinion
2:23-cv-1098-JES-NPM
03-12-2024
Donald Deubler, Plaintiff, v. Unknown Claimants, Defendants.
NOTICE TO ALL POTENTIAL CLAIMANTS
As the owner of a 2021 32' Boston Whaler 320 Vantage Vessel, Hull ID# BWCE0390G021 (the “vessel”)-and pursuant to 46 U.S.C § 30501, et seq., and Supplemental Rule F of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure-Donald Deubler filed a complaint on November 28, 2023, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida seeking exoneration from, or limitation of, any liability concerning any and all personal injury, property damage, destruction, or other losses arising out of or related to an incident on or about May 21, 2023, on the navigable waters of the United States in Naples Bay near Naples, Florida, as more fully described in the complaint. The court has accepted a letter of undertaking as interim security for all claims against Deubler and the vessel. Pursuant to 46 U.S.C. § 30511(c), “all claims and proceedings against the owner related to the matter in question shall cease.”
By May 7, 2024, all persons or entities claiming damage for any and all loss, destruction, injuries, and/or death allegedly as a result of the occurrences and happenings recited in the complaint must file their respective claims with the clerk of this court and serve copies thereof on Deubler's counsel. By the same date, all persons or entities presenting claims and desiring to contest the allegations of the complaint must file an answer to the complaint in this court and must serve copies thereof on Deubler's counsel or be defaulted. Service on Deubler's counsel may be made by delivery or mail to Richard J. McAlpin of McAlpin Florez Marcotte, P.A., 80 S.W. 8th Street, Suite 2805, Miami, Florida 33130, telephone number (305) 8105400.