United States Fifth Circuit

Where the vessel supervisor possessed significant power over the management of an individual job, but could not make "basic business decisions," he did not did not possess managing authority over "the field of operations in which the negligence occurred" and the corporate owner is entitled to the protection of the Limited Liability Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2001
• Published 05/21/2001

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan K. Breaud (argued), Breaud & LeMoine, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael M. Caffery (argued), David R. Dugas, Caffery, Oubre, Dugas & Campbell, Philip G. Eisenberg, Texaco, Group, Inc., Lafayette, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.