Legal Opinion

In Re the Complaint of Pride Offshore, Inc.

District Court, S.D. Texas

Decided February 2, 2011No. Civil Action H-08-3109PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.

This maritime dispute arises out of damage allegedly caused when a jack-up rig, the PRIDE WYOMING, detached from its moorings during Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Pride Offshore, Inc., 1 the rig owner, filed a complaint in exoneration or alternatively for limitation of liability, (Docket Entry No. 1), and Century Exploration New Orleans, Inc. filed a claim, (Docket Entry No. 47). Pride Offshore moved for summary judgment, arguing that the economic-loss rule precludes Century Exploration’s claim. (Docket Entry No. 75). Century Exploration…

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