Judges and Judiciary,
Admiralty/Maritime
Apr. 1, 2021
New judge to handle dive boat fire mass tort case
Plaintiffs removed the previous LA County judge from the Conception case on a peremptory challenge.
Los Angeles County Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl
Los Angeles County Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl will preside over the mass tort action against owners of a dive boat that was destroyed in a fire, after plaintiffs removed the previous bench officer from the case on a peremptory challenge.
Kuhl, who serves in the court's complex civil division, was assigned after one of the plaintiffs' firms -- McGuinn, Hillsman & Palef...
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