Kyriakides
Florida Conference Ass'n of Seventh-Day Adventists v. Kyriakides
Opinion
Opinion
Timlin, J.
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ENTRY OF ORDER REQUIRING VENTURE NET CAPITAL GROUP, INC. TO PAY $179,000 INTO THE REGISTRY OF THE COURT.
The court, Judge Robert J. Timlin, has read and considered plaintiff Florida Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists (“Plaintiff’)’s motion for entry of an order requiring garnishee Venture Net Capital Group, Inc. (“Garnishee”) to pay $179,000 into the registry of the court pursuant to the Supplemental Rules For Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Rule B (“Rule B”), Garnishee’s opposition, and Plaintiffs reply. Based upon such consideration, the court concludes as follows:
I.
BACKGROUND
On October 4, 2000, Plaintiff filed a verified complaint (the “Complaint”) in this court. In the Complaint, Plaintiff alleges that defendants Anastassios N. Kyriakides (“Kyriakides”) and Royal Venture Cruise Line, Inc. (“Defendants”) accepted $110,000 from Plaintiffs pursuant to the terms of a maritime charter party. The payment was a deposit on a cruise for a large group of Seventh-day Adventist youth on the vessel Sun Venture. Plaintiff further alleges that Defendants breached the charter party by failing to undertake the cruise and by…