Legal Opinion
Billiot v. Dolphin Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 24, 2000No. 99-31009PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
For this challenge to the dismissal, as time-barred, of the action at hand, filed by Dolphin Services, Inc. (vessel owner pro hoc vice /operator), under the Limitation of Vessel Owner’s Liability Act, 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 181-196, at issue is whether, pursuant to 46 U.S.C.App. § 185 (action must be filed within six months of written notice of claim), the filing-period was triggered by Gene A. Billiot’s original petition (written notice of claim), which misidentified the vessel on which he was allegedly injured (named barge with identification number…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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- In Re the Complaint of Salty Sons Sports Fishing, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 2002
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