CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S v. SEA-LAR MANAGEMENT, INC.

No. 2000-CA-1512.

787 So.2d 1069 (2001)

CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S, LONDON, and Certain Institute of London Underwriters Subscribing to Certificate No. 5469 v. SEA-LAR MANAGEMENT, INC., d/b/a Contract Lease Operators.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Grimley, Jr., James M. Tompkins, James R. Guidry, Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, New Orleans, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Ronald A. Johnson, Bettye A. Barrios, Johnson, Johnson, Barrios & Yacoubian, New Orleans, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant.

Robert P. McCleskey, Jr., Thomas Kent Morrison, Phelps Dunbar LLP, New Orleans, Counsel for Appellee.

Court composed of Chief Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES III, Judge CHARLES R. JONES, Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY.


BYRNES, Chief Judge.

For the reasons hereinafter set forth, we find that the defendant-appellant Sea-Lar Management, Inc., D/B/A Contract Lease Operators breached an implied contractual duty to supply a qualified lease operator.

This action was instituted by insurers of Graham Energy, Ltd. to recover sums which they were required to pay on behalf of their insured arising out of an oil spill which occurred on February 2-3, 1992.

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