JACOBS v. NORTHERN KING SHIPPING CO., LTD.

No. 98-30248.

180 F.3d 713 (1999)

Linda JACOBS, as Temporary Administratrix of the Estate of Patrick Daniel Jacobs, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. NORTHERN KING SHIPPING CO., LIMITED, et al., Defendants, Northern King Shipping Co., Limited; Sun Enterprises Limited, in personam; M/T MARINA, in rem, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall Alan Smith, Andrew Lewis Kramer, Smith, Jones & Fawer, New Orleans, LA, for Linda Jacobs.

Derek A. Walker, Douglas L. Grundmeyer, Daniel A. Tadros, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Before POLITZ, HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellee Linda Jacobs, as Temporary Administratrix of the Estate of Patrick Jacobs, filed suit against Appellants Northern King Shipping Co., Ltd., Sun Enterprises, Ltd., and the M/T MARINA, in rem, (the "vessel interests") to recover damages arising out of the accidental death of her husband, Patrick Jacobs ("Jacobs") in Colombian waters. After a bench trial, the district court found the vessel interests 100 percent at fault...

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