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IN RE BONVILLIAN MARINE SERVICE, INC.

No. 20-30767.

19 F.4th 787 (2021)

IN RE: In the Matter of BONVILLIAN MARINE SERVICE, INCORPORATED, As Owner and Operator of the M/V Miss April in a Cause of Action for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability. Bonvillian Marine Service, Incorporated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dana Lebouef Pellegrin; Junior Joseph Pellegrin, Jr.; Baywater Drilling, L.L.C., Claimants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed December 2, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael William McMahon, Sr., Esq. , Daigle Fisse & Kessenich, P.L.C., Madisonville, LA, Kirk Norris Aurandt, Esq. , Daigle Fisse & Kessenich, Covington, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David Lawrence Bateman , Bateman Law Firm, Baton Rouge, LA, for Claimants-Appellees Dana Lebouef Pellegrin, Junior Joseph Pellegrin, Jr.

Peter Bedford Tompkins, Esq. , Tarryn Elizabeth Walsh , Murphy, Rogers, Sloss, Gambel & Tompkins, New Orleans, LA, for Claimant-Appellee Baywater Drilling, L.L.C.

Before BARKSDALE, ENGELHARDT, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.

The Limitation of Liability Act of 1851 provides vessel owners like Appellant Bonvillian Marine Service a means of limiting their vessel's tort liability to the value of the vessel plus pending freight. See 46 U.S.C. §§ 30501-30512. Section 30511(a) of...

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