New Orleans Times-Picayune | Advocate (Jefferson Parish)
November 21, 2024
PUBLIC NOTICE
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NOTICE TO CLAIMANTS OF COMPLAINT FOR
EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Notice is hereby given that S&W Marine, Inc., as owner and operator of the
M/V LIL SUSAN S (hereafter, Petitioner), has filed a Complaint, pursuant to 46
U.S.C. 30501, et seq., for exoneration from or limitation of liability for all claims for
any and all loss of life, injury, loss of property, destruction, or damage arising out of
or related to the alleged exposure by Randall Eugene Nelson to benzene and benzene containing
products while working for Petitioner aboard the M/V LIL SUSAN S in
the inland waters of Louisiana from May 29, 2001 to November 21, 2017, and Nelsons
subsequent diagnosis and death from acute myeloid leukemia, all as is more fully
described in Petitioners Verified Complaint for Exoneration From or Limitation of
Liability (the Complaint).
All persons having such claims must file their respective claims, as provided
in Rule F of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims of the Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure, with the Clerk of Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana,
500 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, and must serve a copy thereof on counsel
for Petitioner, Paul D. Hale, John S. Garner, Joseph A. Devall, Jr., and Kari M.
Rosamond, of the law firm Hale Devall, LLC, at 400 Poydras Street, Suite 2107, New
Case 2:24-cv-02552-WBV-EJD Document 3-1 Filed 10/30/24 Page 1 of 2
Orleans, Louisiana 70130, on or before Tuesday, April 29, 2025, or be defaulted. If
any claimant desires to contest either the right to exoneration from or the right to
limitation of liability, that claimant shall file and serve on counsel for Petitioner an
answer to the Complaint on or before the aforesaid date unless the claim has included
an answer, so designated, or be defaulted. Personal attendance is not required.
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