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STATE OF LA. EX REL. GUSTE v. M/V TESTBANK

Civ. A. No. 80-2738.

524 F.Supp. 1170 (1981)

STATE OF LOUISIANA, ex rel. William J. GUSTE, Jr., Attorney General, v. The M/V TESTBANK, etc., and the M/V SEA DANIEL, etc., et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

October 28, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. A. Helms, T. J. Grace, C. J. Pisano, W. J. Leger, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

J. D. LeBlanc, Jr., W. Carroll, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendants.

BEER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs seek to recover damages allegedly incurred as a result of the July 22, 1980 collision between the M/V TESTBANK and the M/V SEA DANIEL. The collision occurred near Mile 41 of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. Containers being transported aboard the TESTBANK were lost overboard. One was packed with approximately 12 tons of pentaclorophenol (PCP) in 50 pound bags.1

Because of the highly toxic nature...

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