United States Eleventh Circuit

Under the "Louisiana Rule," a partially-built cargo ship not rigged for steering is still a "vessel" for burden shifting purposes in claims where a ship collides with a stationary object.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/30/2001
• Published 01/30/2001

Judges

• DUBINA, Circuit Judge:, Before DUBINA and HULL, Circuit Judges, and HODGES, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William David Jester,Timothy Fuller Burr, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins & Burr, Gulf Breeze, FL, for Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee., John A. Kopfinger, Jr., Robert C. Evans, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.