Legal Opinion
In Re Settoon Towing LLC.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 4, 2009No. Civil Action 07-1263PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
MARY ANN VIAL LEMMON, District Judge.
The United States of America’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment to Recover its Removal Costs (Doc. # 204) is GRANTED.
I. BACKGROUND
On January 20, 2007, the MW CATHY M. SETTOON, while pushing a barge, struck a well owned and operated by ExPert Oil & Gas, LLC (“ExPert”), in Bayou Perot in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The allision caused extensive damage to the wellhead and resulted in an uncontrolled spray of crude oil into the bayou. On February 23, 2007, Settoon Towing LLC (“Settoon”), the vessel owner, gave the first official notice of…
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