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Reprinted by permission of "West Fed¬eral Case News," Copyright © 2022 West Publishing Company, 610 Opperman Drive, P.O. Box 64526, St. Paul, Minn. 55164-0526, telephone 612-687-7000. Que¬ries should be directed to West Publish¬ing Company. Each case is followed by the court and district number (such as CA. 1 for Court of Appeals District 1), the case num¬ber (No. 22-531, or the 531st case filed in 2022) and the date the case was decided.Maritime Law-Limitation of Liability. A stipulation filed by a deckhand worker as to enforcement of any potential excess judgment adequately protected a shipowner s right to limit its liability in federal forum, as could support lifting of a stay imposed under the Limitation of Liability Act, in the shipowners maritime limitation action brought after the worker was injured on board ship, where the stipulation both recognized the district courts exclusive jurisdiction over the limitation proceeding and stated that the worker would not seek to enforce a damage award greater than the value of the ship and its freight until the district court had adjudicated the limitation proceeding.-In re N&W Marine Towing LLC (C.A.5, Louisiana), No. 21-30594, April 20, 2022, Higginson, J., 2022 WL 1165159. |