IN RE: In the Matter of the Complaint of CRESCENT ENERGY SERVICES, L.L.C., Owner and Operator of the S/B OB 808, FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.
Crescent Energy Services, L.L.C., as Owner and Operator of the S/B OB 808, for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Incorporated, Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, doing business as Liberty International Underwriters; Starr Indemnity & Liability Company, Third Party Defendants-Appellants.
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Richard K. Leefe , Attorney, Leefe, Gibbs, Sullivan, Dupre' & Aldous, L.L.C., Suite 1470, 3900 N. Causeway Boulevard, Metairie, LA 70002-0000, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Ivan Mauricio Rodriguez , Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., Suite 1300, 500 Dallas Street, 1 Allen Center, Houston, TX 77002, Alan R. Davis , Chaffe McCall, L.L.P., Suite 2300, 1100 Poydras Street, Energy Centre, New Orleans, LA 70163, Harold Kemler Watson , Chaffe McCall, L.L.P., Suite 1910, 801 Travis Street, Houston, TX 77002, for Third Party Defendant-Appellant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
Richard A. Cozad , Rachel Lisotta Bradley , McAlpine & Cozad, A.P.L.C., Suite 2730, 365 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130-0000, for Third Party Defendant-Appellant Starr Indemnity & Liability Company.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SOUTHWICK, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.
LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:
This appeal poses the question of whether a particular contract to plug and abandon three offshore oil wells is a maritime contract. The answer matters because it determines where to place financial liability for injuries to an employee of the contractor performing the work. Complicating the appeal is that after...
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