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Rebecca Kopras v. Marco Marine Construction, Inc.
Paid petition · District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District, No. 2D16-3362 · judgment September 1, 2017
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
In Jerome B. Grubart, Inc. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., 513 U.S. 527, 538 (1995), this Court fashioned a multifaceted test for deciding when federal maritime law displaces State tort law. One facet requires courts to describe the case’s “general features” at an “intermediate level of possible generality” to discern if the incident could “potentially” disrupt maritime commerce. The question presented is: Does damaging a recreational vessel while it rests securely in a boat lift both before and well after the damage have a realistic potential to disrupt maritime commerce?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Christopher Dale Donovan
Roetzel & Andress
For respondent
Esther Elisa Galicia
Fowler White Burnett
Proceedings
- May 14 2018Petition DENIED.
- Apr 18 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/10/2018.
- Apr 13 2018Reply of petitioner Rebecca Kopras filed.
- Mar 30 2018Brief of respondent Marco Marine Construction, Inc. in opposition filed.
- Feb 22 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 30, 2018.
- Feb 20 2018Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 28, 2018 to March 30, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jan 25 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 28, 2018)
- Nov 17 2017Application (17A538) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 29, 2018.
- Nov 13 2017Application (17A538) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from November 30, 2017 to January 29, 2018, submitted to Justice Thomas.