United States Fifth Circuit

In a marine limitation-of-liability case arising out of a collision between a fishing vessel and an oil platform, apportionment of fault equally between the parties is affirmed where: 1) the trial court did not clearly err in its findings of fact or in the apportionment of fault; and 2) under the Limitation of Liability Act, plaintiff was entitled to limit its liability.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/10/2008
• Published 11/10/2008

Judges

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

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Alan K. Breaud, Breaud & Meyers, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Charles R. Talley, Karen Waters Shipman, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.