OCEANEERING INTERN., INC. v. BLACK TOWING INC.

No. 86-C-0167.

491 So.2d 1 (1986)

OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. BLACK TOWING INC., Cheramie Towing Corporation, Northeastern Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania, Southern American Insurance Company and Arkwright-Boston Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winston Rice, Stanley J. Cohn, Phelps, Dunbar, et al., for defendant-applicant.

W.K. Christovich, Christovich & Kearney, Joseph R. Ballard, Michael J. Maginnis, McGlinchey, Stafford & Mintz, Ronald Johnson, for respondent.


COLE, Justice.

The question presented is whether a maritime lease agreement between two of the parties in this litigation can encompass the negligent acts of a vessel, owned, manned and operated by a third party.

The agreement before us is titled a Time Charter Party. It was executed on August 13, 1979, between Oceaneering International, Inc. and Black Towing, Inc. Oceaneering was engaged to construct a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico for Transcontinental Gas...

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