IN RE GRAHAM OFFSHORE, INC.

Nos. 00-31032, 00-31239.

287 F.3d 352 (2002)

In Re: In the Matter of GRAHAM OFFSHORE, INC., as owner and Graham Marine, Inc., as owner pro hac vice of the vessel M/V MISS PAULA, her engines, tackle, appurtenances, furniture, etc., praying for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. Graham Offshore, Inc.; Graham Marine, Inc., Petitioners-Appellants, v. Epoch Well Logging; Industrial Indemnity; James Allaway; Jocelyn Bates, Claimants-Appellees, v. Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc.; Texaco, Inc.; Transocean Offshore Inc.; formerly known as Sonat Offshore Drilling, Inc., Claimants-Appellants. James D. Allaway, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Epoch Well Logging; Industrial Indemnity, Intervenors-Appellees, v. Texaco, Inc.; et al., Defendants, Texaco Inc.; Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, and Transocean Offshore Ventures, Inc., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Graham Marine, Inc., Defendant-Third Party Defendant-Appellant, and Graham Offshore, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Appellant. Jocelyn N. Bates, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Epoch Well Logging; Industrial Indemnity, Intervenors-Appellees, v. Texaco, Inc.; et al., Defendants, Texaco, Inc.; Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, and Transocean Offshore Ventures, Inc., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Graham Marine, Inc., Defendant-Third Party Defendant-Appellant, and Graham Offshore, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Appellant. In Re: In the Matter of the Complaint of Graham Offshore, Inc., as owner; Graham Marine, Inc., as owner pro hac vice of the vessel M/V MISS PAULA, her engines, tackle, appurtenances, furniture, etc., for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. Graham Offshore Inc., as owner; Graham Marine, Inc., as owner pro hac vice of the vessel M/V MISS PAULA, her engines, tackle, appurtenances, furniture, etc., praying for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability; Petitioners-Appellees-Cross Appellants, Epoch Well Logging, Intervenor-Appellee, James Allaway; Jocelyn Bates; Industrial Indemnity, Claimants-Appellees, v. Texaco Exploration and Production Inc.; Texaco, Inc., Claimants-Appellants, v. Transocean Offshore Inc., formerly known as Sonat Offshore Drilling Incorporated, Claimant-Appellant-Cross Appellee. James D. Allaway, Plaintiff-Appellee, Epoch Well Logging; Industrial Indemnity, Intervenors-Appellees, v. Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc., Texaco, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, v. Graham Marine, Inc., Defendant-Third Party Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant, Graham Offshore, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. Transocean Offshore Ventures, Inc.; Transocean Offshore, Inc., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Appellees. Jocelyn N. Bates, Plaintiff-Appellee, Epoch Well Logging, Intervenor-Appellee, v. Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc.; Texaco, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, Graham Marine, Inc., Defendant-Third Party Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant, Graham Offshore, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant, Industrial Indemnity, Claimant-Appellee, v. Transocean Offshore Ventures, Inc.; Transocean Offshore, Inc., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 28, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Schwartz (argued), Brien J. Fricke, Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, LA, for Petitioners-Appellants.

Brett Michael Bollinger (argued), Law Office of Alan A. Zaunbrecher, New Orleans, LA, for Epoch Well Logging and Industrial Indem.

Lawrence D. Wiedemann (argued), Jonathan Michael Walsh, Wiedemann & Wiedemann, New Orleans, LA, for Allaway and Bates.

Daniel L. Daboval (argued), Charles T. Miers, Abbott, Simses & Kuchler, Houston, TX, for Texaco Exploration and Production Inc. and Texaco Inc.

Timothy W. Cerniglia (argued), Charles Edward Weaver, Sharp, Henry, Cerniglia, Colvin & Weaver, New Orleans, LA, for Transocean Offshore Inc. and Transocean Offshore Ventures, Inc.

Before DAVIS and JONES, Circuit Judges, and PRADO, District Judge.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Two former employees of Epoch Well Logging seek compensation for injuries sustained while they were evacuating a drilling rig during Hurricane Danny in July 1997. The dispute centers around the rough voyage of the MISS PAULA, a crew boat that ferried personnel from the drilling rig to shore. The injured employees filed claims against the owner of the vessel (Graham Offshore); the vessel's time-charterer (Texaco); and the owner of the...

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