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IN RE ECKSTEIN MARINE SERVICE, L.L.C.

No. 10-20600.

672 F.3d 310 (2012)

In re ECKSTEIN MARINE SERVICE, L.L.C. In Re In the Matter of the Complaint of Eckstein Marine Service, L.L.C. now known as Marquette Transportation Company Gulf-Inland L.L.C. as owner/operator of the M/V St. Andrew for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. Eckstein Marine Service, L.L.C. now known as Marquette Transportation Company Gulf-Inland L.L.C.; Marquette Transportation Company Gulf-Inland L.L.C., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lorne Jackson, Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 22, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd Gregory Crawford , John Steven Garner , John Anthony Scialdone (argued), Fowler, Rodriguez, Valdes-Fauli, Gulfport, MS, Justin William Renshaw , Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Craig V. Depew , Depew Law Firm, P.C., Montgomery, TX, Scott Clayton Greenlee , Sean Patrick Tracey , Tracey Law Firm, Edward John Jack O'Neill, Jr . (argued), Pierce & O'Neill, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Claimant-Appellee.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Marquette Transportation Company Gulf-Inland LLC challenges the district court's dismissal of its limitation action as untimely. Finding no error, we affirm.

I.

Claimant-appellee Lorne Jackson was a crew member of the M/V ST. ANDREW, a 65-foot tug owned and operated by appellant Marquette.1 While on deck on February 28, 2009, Jackson became entangled in a line...

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