United States Fifth Circuit

In an action stemming from an allision, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed over plaintiff's claim that the district court erroneously relied on the last clear chance doctrine to excuse negligence on the part of the other vessels.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/25/2005
• Published 07/26/2005

Judges

• DENNIS, Circuit Judge:, Before SMITH, DENNIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hugh Ramsay Straub (argued), Michael MacKenzie Butterworth, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Robert H. Murphy (argued), Peter Brooks Sloss, Peter Bedford Tompkins, Murphy, Rogers & Sloss, New Orleans, LA, for Bona Shipholding, Standard Steamship Owners' Protection & Indem. Ass'n Bermuda Ltd. and Teekay Shipping Canada Ltd., Robert B. Fisher, Jr. (argued), Thomas D. Forbes, Heather M. Valliant, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, for West of England Ship Owners Mut. Ins. Ass'n (Luxembourg), Exmar Lux SA and Tecto Luxembourg SA., Georges M. Legrand (argued), Daniel J. Hoerner, Derek M. Mercer, Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett, Robert Joseph Daigre, Dugan & Browne, New Orleans, LA, for American River Transp. Co.