Legal Opinion
Laforte v. Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 3, 2011No. 2010 CA 1605PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDonald, j.
|2On 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, Captain Griffin backed the boat aside the D-243 platform, which was 20 feet away from a D-Aux platform. The D-Aux platform, which was…
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