Legal Opinion
In Re: Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided December 15, 2021No. 2:20-cv-00780Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, CIVIL ACTION AS OWNER OF THE M/V W.T. HOGG NO. 20-780 SECTION “E” (1) ORDER AND REASONS Before the Court is a Joint Motion to Increase the Limitation Fund, filed by Claimants Oscar Meza and Dennis Virgil.1 The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans (the “Board”) filed an opposition.2 Claimants did not file a reply. BACKGROUND On September 10, 2019, Oscar Meza and Dennis Virgil, employees of the Board, were working as deckhands aboard the M/V W.T. HOGG (the “HOGG”).3 Meza and Virgil were…
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- Odeco Oil and Gas Co v. BonnetteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Standard Dredging Co. v. KristiansenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
- Tom-Mac, Inc. v. BielaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
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