Live Life Bella Vita, LLC v. Cruising Yachts, Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: LIVE LIFE BELLA VITA LLC No. 23-55613

AND GARY DORDICK AND NAVA

DORDICK, individually and as owner D.C. No. of the 50.5 Foot Solaris sailboat 2:22-cv-09244- ALLORA Official No. 1282524, for JLS-MAA Exoneration From of Limitation of Liability,

OPINION

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LIVE LIFE BELLA VITA, LLC;

GARY DORDICK; NAVA

DORDICK,

Third-party-plaintiffs- Appellants,

v.

CRUISING YACHTS, INC.;

CRUISING YACHTS UNLIMITED,

INC.; SAIL CALIFORNIA, INC.;

DAVEY LUX, INC.; S AND K DIVE

SERVICE, INC.; DAVID YOSEF

JACOBSON; ROES, 1 to 100, inclusive,

Third-party-defendants- LIVE LIFE BELLA VITA, LLC V. CRUISING YACHTS, INC.

Appellees,

and

EDUARDO LOAIZA,

Claimant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Josephine L. Staton, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 13, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed September 12, 2024

Before: Mary H. Murguia, Chief Judge, and Morgan Christen and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Chief Judge Murguia

LIVE LIFE BELLA VITA, LLC V. CRUISING…