HUNTER v. SEABULK OFFSHORE, LTD.

Civil Action No. 97-300.

993 F.Supp. 973 (1998)

Leroy HUNTER v. SEABULK OFFSHORE, LTD., et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

February 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Howard Leach, III, Metairie, LA, for Danos and Curole Marine Contractors, Inc., Gray Ins. Co.

David John Shea, Houma, LA, Leonard A. Radlauer, Radlauer & Bernstein, New Orleans, LA, for Leroy Hunter.

Scott Rodgers Wheaton, Jr., Claude Frederick Bosworth, Lugenbuhl, Burke, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, for Seabulk Offshore Ltd., Kerr McGee Corp.


ORDER AND REASONS

CLEMENT, District Judge.

Before the Court is defendants', Seabulk Offshore, Ltd. ("Seabulk") and Kerr-McGee Corporation ("Kerr-McGee"), Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Claim for Punitive Damages. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS defendants' motion.

BACKGROUND

This case arises out of injuries allegedly sustained by the plaintiff, Leroy Hunter, while traveling as a passenger aboard the M/V RIG RUNNER...

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