Tidewater Marine Inc. v. Stelly

REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

This dispute arises out of the collision of the M/V MALLARD, a twenty-six foot recreational crew boat, and the M/V GEERD TIDE, a one-hundred foot crew boat, in Louisiana territorial waters. When the vessels collided, the M/V MALLARD capsized and six of her passengers drowned. One passenger was seriously injured but survived. None of the twenty-nine people aboard the M/V GEERD TIDE died or suffered serious injury.

Following the collision, Tidewater, Inc., Tidewater Marine, Inc. n/k/a Tidewater Marine L.L.C., and Twenty Grand Offshore, Inc. (collectively referred…