In the Matter of the Complaint of EXXON SHIPPING COMPANY, as Owner of the Exxon Barge No. 334 for Exoneration from and Limitation of Liability, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Peter Charles CAILLETEAU, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 10, 1989.
April 10, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
E. Burt Harris, Donald F. Glass, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.
Gauthier, Murphy, Sherman, McCabe & Chehardy, Edward F. Downing, III, T. Peter Breslin, Metairie, La., for Peter C. Cailleteau, Leslie A. Cailleteau, Evelyn C. Billiot, Sandra A.B. Waits, Ronald J. Billiot, Donald J. Billiot, Lynn P. Billiot, Ted G. Weems, Mary M. Weems, Marcus O. Ray and Tanya G. Ray.
Paul A. Bonin, Trial Atty., New Orleans, La., for William E. Warren.
Sean P. Early, New Orleans, La., for William E. Warren.
McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, Peter L. Hilbert, Jr., Trial Atty., Kathleen K. Charvet, Atty., New Orleans, La., for Gretna Machine & Iron Works, Inc.
Bailey & Leininger, B. Ralph Bailey, Metairie, La., for Norris Thibodeaux.
Becnel & Becnel, Barry J. Landry, Reserve, La., for Danny Page and Catherine Page.
Robert W. Morgan, Plaquemine, La., for The Dow Chemical Co.
Favret, Favret, Demarest & Russo, Clarence F. Favret, III, New Orleans, La., for Vapor Tech Inc., Roger C. Loubier and Robert C. Petterson.
Stegeman & Marrero, Robert L. Marrero, Gretna, La., for Herman Cotton.
Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Patrick E. O'Keefe, Trial Atty., Ira J. Rosenzweig, New Orleans, La., for Employers Natl. Ins. Co.
Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, Thomas W. Thorne, Jr., Douglas P. Matthews, New Orleans, La., for Employers Nat. Ins. Co.
A. Gordon Grant, Montgomery, Barnett Brown, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.
Ramirez, Warner & Miskewicz, Clyde A. Ramirez, Ivan D. Warner, III, Patricia D. Miskewicz, New Orleans, La., for Joey Hepting and Angele T. Hepting.
Sheldon Fernandez, Harvey, La., for Peter C. Cailleteau, Leslie A. Cailleteau, Evelyn C. Billiot, Sandra A.B. Waits, Ronald J. Billiot, Donald J. Billiot, Lynn P. Billiot, Ted G. Weems, Mary M. Weems, Marcus O. Ray and Tanya G. Ray.
Before REAVLEY, WILLIAMS and JONES, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Exxon Shipping Company (Exxon) appeals the district court's dismissal of its Petition for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability from any and all damage resulting from the explosion of an Exxon barge. The court found the petition to be untimely under 46 U.S.C.App. § 185 because of a prior notice of claim. We find the prior claim directed to a different occurrence, a subsequent collision between the wreckage of the Exxon...
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