WINKLER v. COASTAL TOWING, L.L.C.

No. 2001 CA 0399.

823 So.2d 351 (2002)

Thomas H. WINKLER v. COASTAL TOWING, L.L.C. and T.L.C. Marine Service, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. McKnight, Jr., Russell B. Ramsey, New Orleans, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant, Thomas H. Winkler.

Joel Hanberry, Cut Off, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Coastal Towing, L.L.C.

Before: GONZALES, KUHN, and CIACCIO, JJ.


GONZALES, Judge.

Coastal Towing, L.L.C. hired Mr. Thomas H. Winkler in November of 1998 to serve as captain on its various tug boats. On March 29, 2000, Mr. Winkler was working as captain of Coastal Towing's M/V Tampa Bay. At 10:30 p.m., Mr. Winkler received a message from a Coastal Towing customer directing him to bring two empty barges to Parker Rig 57 in Lake Hermitage. The work to be performed at Parker Rig 57 had been brokered by T.L.C. Marine Service, Inc.<...

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