GAZZIER v. COLUMBA TRANSPORT CO., LTD.

No. 95-CA-1755.

675 So.2d 826 (1996)

Lucille Gazzier, Wife of/and Gary GAZZIER, Individually and on Behalf of their Minor Son, Scott Gazzier v. COLUMBA TRANSPORT CO., LTD., John T. Essberger, GMBH & Co. and Blue Horizon, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Byrne, Jr., Randy J. Ungar & Associates, Inc., New Orleans, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Gary A. Hemphill, David B. Lawton, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancy, New Orleans, for Defendants/Appellees.

Before CIACCIO, ARMSTRONG, WALTZER, LANDRIEU and MURRAY, JJ.


LANDRIEU, Judge.

This action arises out of a collision between a shrimp boat and supertanker which occurred approximately 44 miles off the coast of Louisiana in November 1993. Two Alabama residents, Gary Gazzier and his son Scott (the Gazziers) were injured when the shrimping vessel Fritz Albert on which they were captain and mate, respectively, was struck by the Columba Star, a Liberian owned vessel en route to LOOP, Inc., a deepwater oil port located approximately...

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