In re the Complaint of Antill Pipeline Construction Co.

ORDER AND REASONS

HELEN G. BERRIGAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on motion for partial summary judgment by An-till Pipeline Construction Co., Inc., as owner of the Barge LML 10 and M/V RUTH R (“Petitioner”) seeking that the Court find that the estates and heirs of the driver(s) of a recreational fishing vessel who died in an allusion with Petitioner’s barge and tug units, which were located within Louisiana navigable waters, are statutorily barred from recovering damages. Rec. Doc. 249. Primarily, Petitioner moves the Court to determine whether La.Rev.Stat. § 9:2798.4, which…