SHELL OFFSHORE, INC. v. TESLA OFFSHORE, L.L.C.

No. 16-30528 cons. w/17-30338.

905 F.3d 915 (2018)

SHELL OFFSHORE, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff v. TESLA OFFSHORE, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant v. International Offshore Services, L.L.C.; International Marine, L.L.C., Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED October 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miles Paul Clements , Joseph Edward Lee, III , Brandon Kyle Thibodeaux , Frilot, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants Appellants Cross-Appellees.

Douglas C. Longman, Jr. , Carmen Marie Rodriguez, Esq. , Jones Walker, L.L.P., Lafayette, LA, Grady Schell Hurley , Jones Walker, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

Before CLEMENT, HIGGINSON, and HO, Circuit Judges.


On November 2, 2012, an underwater sonar device struck the mooring line of an offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, causing substantial damage. Tesla Offshore, LLC was using the sonar device, known as a towfish, to survey the ocean floor. Tesla had chartered a vessel from International Offshore Services...

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