Madeja v. Olympic Packers, Llc

310 F.3d 628 Sampson MADEJA; Jose L. Rodriguez; Michael Steven Mallars; Solvi Olafsson; Olafur Skagvik, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OLYMPIC PACKERS, LLC, in personam; M/V Fierce Packer O.N. 546488, her engines, tackle, stores, and equipment freight, In Rem, Defendants-Appellees. No. 01-16447. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 10, 2002. Filed October 31, 2002. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Jay Lawrence Friedheim, Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiffs-appellants. John O'Kane, Jr., Honolulu, HI, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii; Susan Oki Mollway, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV 00-0190 SOM. Before: WALLACE, TASHIMA, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges. TASHIMA, Circuit Judge. 1 Sampson Madeja ("Madeja"), Jose Rodriguez ("Rodriguez"), Michael Steven Mallars ("Mallars"), Solvi Olafsson ("Olafsson"), and Olafur Skagvik ("Skagvik") (collectively "Appellants") appeal from the district court's final judgment in this admiralty action, entered after a bench trial, denying them relief on the majority of their claims, filed in personam against Olympic Packer, LLC…