LaShip, LLC v. Hayward Baker, Inc.

ORDER AND REASONS

NANNETTE JOLIVETTE BROWN, District Judge.

This litigation arises out of work that Hayward Baker, Inc. (“HBI” or “Defendant”), a contractor specializing in geotechnical planning and sub-surface construction, did for LaShip, L.L.C. (“LaShip”), a company that *477designs and builds vessels, at LaShip’s shipbuilding facility in Houma, Louisiana, and on adjacent property owned by the Terrebonne Port Commission (“TPC”). LaShip and TPC (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) allege that HBI’s soil improvement and foundation work was defective, undermining the integrity of structures on the sites.…