Appearances:
For the Appellant: Stan Hinton, Esq., Doke & Riley, Dallas, Texas.
For the Respondent: Robert W. Jones. Esq., United States Coast Guard,
Washington, D.C.
Opinion
By Administrative Judge Robertory
on Appelant's Motion For
A Protective Order Sealing Record.
Paragraph 3 - "...The pleading stage in each of these appeals has been
completed. Extensive discovery is under way. These are complex appeals
involving approximately $26,440,130.00 in claims. Pretrial conferences
are expected to commence in the Spring of 1989 and trials will probably
be scheduled to commence in mid-1990. Negotiations between the parties
have resulted in settlement of other appeals involving some $40,000,000.00..."