TRICO MARINE ASSETS v. DIAMOND B MARINE SERVICES

No. 01-31323.

332 F.3d 779 (2003)

TRICO MARINE ASSETS INC.; Trico Marine Operators Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DIAMOND B MARINE SERVICES INC., etc.; et al., Defendants, Diamond B Marine Services Inc., In Personam, Defendant-Appellant. In Re: In the Matter of the Complaint of Trico Marine Operators Inc., as Owners/Operators/Owners pro hac vice of the OSV CANE RIVER, Praying for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability. Trico Marine Assets Inc.; Trico Marine Operators Inc., as Owners/Operators/Owners pro hac vice of the OSV CANE RIVER, Petitioners-Appellees-Cross-Appellees, v. Texaco Exploration & Production Inc., Intervenor-Appellee-Cross-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, ACE USA, successor-in-interest Intervenor-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, CIGNA, Intervenor-Appellee, v. Diamond "B" Marine Services Inc., Claimant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee/Appellee, James Andrew Bennett, Claimant-Appellant, v. Lonnie Fontenot; Wayne Paul Thibodaux, individually and on behalf of their dependent minor child, Blake Milton Thibodaux, and their dependant children, Angel Marie Thibodaux and Kelly Marie Thibodaux; Alan J. LeBlanc, individually and on behalf of their dependant children Shere A. LeBlanc and Michelle R. LeBlanc, Claimants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants/Appellants-Cross-Appellees. In Re: In the Matter of the Complaint of Diamond B. Marine Services Inc., as Owner/Operator of CB MISS BERNICE Praying for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability Regarding Collision of 25 March, 1999 with OSV CANE RIVER. Diamond "B" Marine Services Inc., as Owner/Operator of CB MISS BERNICE, Petitioner-Appellant-Cross-Appellee/Appellee, v. Trico Marine Assets Inc.; Trico Marine Operators Inc., Claimants-Appellees-Cross-Appellees, Michael A. Cheramie; Kenneth B. Heller, Claimants-Appellees, Lonnie Fontenot, individually and on behalf of their dependent children, Amy and Jacob Fontenot; Wayne Paul Thibodaux, individually and on behalf of their dependant minor child, Blake M. Thibodaux, and their dependant children, Angel M. Thibodaux and Kelly M. Thibodaux; Alan J. LeBlanc; individually and on behalf of their dependant children, Shere A. LeBlanc and Michelle R. LeBlanc, Claimants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants/Appellants, v. James Andrew Bennett, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. O'Brien, Edwin Christian Laizer (argued), Francis V. Liantonio, Jr., Charles A. Cerise, Jr., Adams & Reese, New Orleans, LA, for Petitioners-Appellees and Cheramie and Heller.

Arthur J. O'Keefe (argued), Dutel & Tranchina, Metairie, LA, for Bennett, Claimant-Appellant.

John Blackwell (argued), New Iberia, LA, for Diamond B Marine Services Inc.

Daniel L. Daboval (argued), Daboval & O'Brien, Houston, TX, for Texaco Exporation and Production Inc., CIGNA and ACE USA.

Charles Joseph Ballay (argued), Adrian Anthony Colon, Jr., Ballay, Braud & Colon, Belle Chasse, LA, Thomas More Flanagan, Stacy S. Head, Stanley, Flanagan & Reuter, New Orleans, LA, for Elizabeth and Lonnie Fontenot, Janet and Paul Thibodaux and Kathleen and Alan LeBlanc.

Before JONES, WIENER and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

On March 25, 1999, the C/B MISS BERNICE collided with the O.S.V. CANE RIVER in the fog in the Mississippi River below Venice, Louisiana. This collision led to three lawsuits: 1) a suit brought in admiralty by Trico Marine Assets, Inc. and Trico Marine Operators, Inc. (collectively "Trico") against Diamond B Marine Services, Inc. ("Diamond B"); 2) an exoneration/limitation action instituted by Trico; and, 3) an exoneration/limitation action instituted...

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