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IN RE THE COMPLAINT OF RLB CONTRACTING, INC.,

No. 14-40326.

773 F.3d 596 (2014)

In re In the Matter of THE COMPLAINT OF RLB CONTRACTING, INCORPORATED, AS OWNER OF THE DREDGE "JONATHAN KING BOYD" and ITS ENGINE, TACKLE, and GEAR FOR EXONERATION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, RLB Contracting, Incorporated, as Owner of the Dredge "Jonathan King Boyd" and its Engine, Tackle, and Gear for Exoneration or Limitation of Liability, Petitioner-Appellant v. Mark Butler, Individually and as Heir to the Estate of Sammi Butler; Joseph Sigle, Individually and on behalf of BS, a minor child; Linda Butler, Claimants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 3, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis I. Spagnoletti , David Stephen Toy , Megan Ann Whitlock , Spagnoletti & Company, Houston, TX, Phillip A. Wittmann , Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, L.L.C. New Orleans, LA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Franklin Baldwin Daniel , Essmyer & Daniel, P.C., Darwin John Seidel , Houston, TX, Walter P. Fontenot , Law Offices of Walter Fontenot, Liberty, TX, for Claimant-Appellee.

Before DAVIS and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Petitioner-Appellant RLB Contracting, Inc. ("RLB") filed this action under the Limitation of Liability Act ("Limitation Act" or "Act"), 46 U.S.C. § 30501 et seq., seeking to limit its liability to $750,000, the value of the dredge vessel, "Jonathan King Boyd" (the "Vessel"), after a fatal allision between a fishing boat and the...

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