United States Fifth Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's motion to remand and the dismissal of plaintiff's Jones Act and general maritime law personal injury suit against defendants is affirmed where the majority of relevant factors weigh heavily in favor of a nonvessel status for the craft at issue.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/16/2005
• Published 11/16/2005

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before WIENER, DeMOSS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Victor L. Marcello (argued), Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello, Gonzales, LA, for Holmes., David W. Robertson, Austin, TX, pro se and for Sturley, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kenneth G. Engerrand, Brown Sims, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.