LAFORTE v. GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

No. 2010 CA 1605.

65 So.3d 182 (2011)

Camille LAFORTE d/b/a Chase Marine and AXA Re Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. GULF ISLAND FABRICATION, INC.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert V. Andry, IV , New Orleans, LA, D. Steven Wanko , Slidell, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees Camille Laforte, d/b/a Chase Marine, and AXA Re Property and Casualty Insurance Company.

Sidney W. Degan, III , R. Edward Blanchard , Travis L. Bourgeois , New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant Engineering Corporation of Louisiana, Inc.

Before WHIPPLE, McDONALD, and McCLENDON, JJ.


McDONALD, J.

On May 10, 2003, the M/V MR. C, owned by Camille Laforte d/b/a Chase Marine (Camille Laforte), was operating as a stand-by utility vessel for an oil-production platform owned by Stone Energy Corporation (Stone Energy), in Eugene Island Block 243 in the Gulf of Mexico. The captain, George Griffin, was attempting to pick up a crewman that he had dropped off earlier at the Stone Energy D-243 platform.

As the M/V MR. C. approached the D-243 platform...

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