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IN RE HELLENIC INC.

No. 00-30428.

252 F.3d 391 (2001)

In re In the Matter of the Complaint: HELLENIC INC., as Owner & Operator of the Spud Barge Athena 107 for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, doing business as Athena Construction, Hellenic Inc., In the Matter of the Complaint of Hellenic Inc. as Owner & Operator of the Spud Barge Athena 107 for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, doing business as Athena Construction, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bridgeline Gas Distribution LLC; Texaco Exploration and Production Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 21, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan K. Breaud (argued), Breaud & LeMoine, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael M. Caffery (argued), David R. Dugas, Caffery, Oubre, Dugas & Campbell, Philip G. Eisenberg, Texaco, Group, Inc., Lafayette, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This case requires us to return again to the Limited Liability Act. The vessel owner appeals a denial of limited liability for damage caused by one of its employees to a submerged pipeline, arguing that the company lacked the requisite "privity and knowledge." We find the argument persuasive and now reverse.

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Athena Construction is a division of Appellant Hellenic...

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