JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A federal judge has set a trial date for the remaining families who have not settled with El Faro's parent company TOTE Services.
The trial date is set for May 7, 2018. Families were hoping for a trial date in 2017, while TOTE wanted a trial in 2019.
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During a hearing in federal court Wednesday, Judge Harve Schlesinger split the difference. TOTE wants to cap its liability to $15,000,000.
On Wednesday, News4Jax also learned the USS Apache will leave a Navy base in Virginia next week to try and recover the data recorder on board the El Faro.
The cargo ship El Faro sank in October during a hurricane while en route to Puerto Rico. All 33 crew members on board were killed.