IN RE MISTER WAYNE

Civ. A. Nos. 89-0788, 89-3488.

729 F.Supp. 1124 (1989)

In re MISTER WAYNE and Basin Marine, Inc., as her owner, praying for Exoneration from and/or Limitation of Liability.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

October 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas James Byrne, Jr., Hoffman, Sutterfield, Ensenat & Bankston, New Orleans, La., and Russell Duane Pulver, Ellefson, Pulver & Staines, Metairie, La., for Mister Wayne MV and Basin Marine, Inc.

Michael X. St. Martin, St. Martin, Lirette & Shea, Houma, La., for Cynthia J. Verdin, claimant.

Michael L. McAlpine and Bettye Anne Barrios, Johnson & McAlpine, New Orleans, La., for Land Treatment Systems, Inc., claimant.

Edwin G. Preis, Jr. and Charles A. Mouton, Preis, Kraft & Daigle, Lafayette, La., for Soloco, Inc., claimant.

Donald L. King, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for Separation Systems Consultants, Inc., claimant.

William Byron Schwartz and Kimbley Ann Kearney, Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, La., for Cent. Boat Rentals, Inc., claimant.

John Fredrick Kessenich, Emmett, Cobb, Waits & Kessenich, New Orleans, La., for Milpark Drilling Fluids, claimant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SEAR, District Judge.

This controversy arises out of the November 19, 1988 death of Donald Verdin, claimant Cynthia Verdin's husband. Basin Marine, Inc., the owner of the M/V MISTER WAYNE, employed Donald Verdin as a deckhand aboard this vessel. On November 19, 1988, the M/V MR. WAYNE was used to shift barges for Land Treatment Systems. In the course of shifting barges, Donald Verdin slipped...

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