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IN RE SIGNAL INTERN., LLC

No. 08-60696.

579 F.3d 478 (2009)

In Re: In the Matter of the Complaint of SIGNAL INTERNATIONAL, LLC, Petition for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. Mississippi Department of Transportation, Counter Claimant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Signal International, LLC, Petitioning for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, Cross Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 12, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Clegg (argued), Barry & Piccione, New Orleans, LA, for Mississippi Dept. of Transp.

David Sinnott Bland (argued), Matthew C. Guy, Beau Earle LeBlanc, LeBlanc Bland, PLLC, New Orleans, LA, for Signal Intern., LLC.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and KING and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

KING, Circuit Judge:

During Hurricane Katrina, two vessels owned by Signal International, LLC broke from their moorings on the Pascagoula River, Mississippi, and allided with and damaged a bridge of Interstate 10 approximately five miles away. Thereafter, Signal International brought this petition seeking exoneration from or limitation of liability for the allision. The Mississippi Department of Transportation, which had repaired the bridge, opposed the petition....

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