02-26-2019, 06:03 AM
Seems now that the dust has settled, and everyone has had some time to get their ducks in order..
First there was this article a few days ago..
'Lava bomb' incident triggers multiple lawsuits
The family of an Illinois woman seriously injured last July when a 'lava bomb' tore through the roof of a tour boat off Kapoho is suing the tour company and its owner in state court...
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...-lawsuits/
And today there is this article...
Lava tour operator hit with another lawsuit
The family of an Illinois woman seriously injured last July when a 'lava bomb' tore through the roof of a tour boat off Kapoho is suing the tour company and its owner in state court...
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...r-lawsuit/
And in both you see that Shane is trying to limit his exposure to the value of his boat..
Lava Ocean Tours is represented by Honolulu attorneys Normand Lezy, Michael Nakano, Duane Miyashiro and Jamie Madriaga, who filed the federal suit seeking to limit the company’s liability to $300,000, the assessed value of the “Hot Spot.”
The tour company's suit, filed Jan. 16 in U.S. District Court in Honolulu, called the incident "an unforeseeable offshore submarine volcanic event … which occurred without warning" and added, "any injuries, damages and/or losses resulting … or otherwise arising out of the aforementioned voyage were neither caused nor contributed to, by any fault, negligence or neglect on the part of" Lava Ocean Tours.
You gotta love the "unforeseeable offshore submarine volcanic event … which occurred without warning" line.. as if Shane wasn't warned a million times, and applied for a exemption to the rules put in place to protect against just that..
I just wonder how long before the Coast Guard is dragged into this for giving him the exemption?
First there was this article a few days ago..
'Lava bomb' incident triggers multiple lawsuits
The family of an Illinois woman seriously injured last July when a 'lava bomb' tore through the roof of a tour boat off Kapoho is suing the tour company and its owner in state court...
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...-lawsuits/
And today there is this article...
Lava tour operator hit with another lawsuit
The family of an Illinois woman seriously injured last July when a 'lava bomb' tore through the roof of a tour boat off Kapoho is suing the tour company and its owner in state court...
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/201...r-lawsuit/
And in both you see that Shane is trying to limit his exposure to the value of his boat..
Lava Ocean Tours is represented by Honolulu attorneys Normand Lezy, Michael Nakano, Duane Miyashiro and Jamie Madriaga, who filed the federal suit seeking to limit the company’s liability to $300,000, the assessed value of the “Hot Spot.”
The tour company's suit, filed Jan. 16 in U.S. District Court in Honolulu, called the incident "an unforeseeable offshore submarine volcanic event … which occurred without warning" and added, "any injuries, damages and/or losses resulting … or otherwise arising out of the aforementioned voyage were neither caused nor contributed to, by any fault, negligence or neglect on the part of" Lava Ocean Tours.
You gotta love the "unforeseeable offshore submarine volcanic event … which occurred without warning" line.. as if Shane wasn't warned a million times, and applied for a exemption to the rules put in place to protect against just that..
I just wonder how long before the Coast Guard is dragged into this for giving him the exemption?