SEKCO ENERGY, INC. v. M/V MARGARET CHOUEST

Civ. A. No. 92-0420.

820 F.Supp. 1008 (1993)

SEKCO ENERGY, INC. v. M/V MARGARET CHOUEST, M/V EDISON CHOUEST, and M/V CAPE RACE, in rem; and Edison Chouest Offshore, Inc., Geco Geophysical, Inc., and Sea Mar Venture II, Inc., in personam.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

April 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Burke, Jr., Andrew C. Wilson, Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, LA, for plaintiff.

Cecil Gordon Starling, Jr., John C. Duplantier, Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & Gibbons, PLC, Sherman Gene Fendler, Russell Keith Jarrett, Liskow & Lewis, David B. Lawton, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey, New Orleans, LA, for defendants.


RULING ON MOTIONS

LIVAUDAIS, District Judge.

Defendants have filed a Motion for Summary Judgment on all issues except liability under LSA-C.C. art. 2315. Plaintiff opposes the motion, and has filed a Cross Motion for Partial Summary Judgment which defendants oppose.

I. Factual Background

In July and August of 1991, plaintiff Sekco Energy, Inc. ("Sekco") owned and operated a fixed offshore drilling platform located in Vermillion Block 315...

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