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BRUNET v. UNITED GAS PIPELINE CO.

No. 92-3915.

15 F.3d 500 (1994)

Vernon BRUNET, Plaintiff, v. UNITED GAS PIPELINE CO., Defendant-Appellee, v. BOWMECH MARINE, INC., Defendant-Appellant. In the Matter of BOWMECH MARINE, INC., for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, Petitioner-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. UNITED GAS PIPELINE CO., Am. Commercial Barge Line, and National Marine, Inc., Claimants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard T. Gelpi, G. Beauregard Gelpi, James D. Bercaw, Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & Gibbens, New Orleans, LA, for appellant.

Charles Rowand Talley, James Robert Silverstein, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for United Gas Pipeline.

Estelle Elouise Mahoney, Louis J. St. Martin, Houma, LA, for Gremillion.

Glenn Gill Goodier, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrére & Denégre, New Orleans, LA, for Nat. Marine, et al.

Before DUHÉ, EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges and STAGG, District Judge.

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Bowmech Marine Company, Inc. ("Bowmech") appeals the district court's denial of its petition for exoneration from or limitation of liability for the damages sustained when barges in tow by its vessel came in contact with a pipeline owned by United Gas Pipe Line Company ("United Gas"). Bowmech also seeks review of the damages awarded to United Gas.

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