Some families of crew members who died on El Faro and shipowner TOTE Maritime are sparring over document production in the litigation over the US-flag ro-ro's sinking.
Lawyers for nine wrongful death claimants asked a federal judge in Jacksonville, Florida, to reject a request by TOTE to limit evidence requests in the limitation-of-liability case.
The Hickey Law Firm attorneys allege that TOTE's side has incorrectly relied on a letter by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ordering the company not to turn over information that is part of the investigation of the sinking of the 5,330-lane-metre El Faro (built 1975), which went down in October during Hurricane Joaquin..
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