Legal Opinion
Hunter v. Seabulk Offshore, Ltd.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided February 19, 1998No. Civil Action No. 97-300PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
CLEMENT, District Judge.
Before the Court is defendants’, Seabulk Offshore, Ltd. (“Seabulk”) and Kerr-McGee Corporation (“Kerr-McGee”), Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Claim for Punitive Damages. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS defendants’ motion.
BACKGROUND
This case arises out of injuries allegedly sustained by the plaintiff, Leroy Hunter, while traveling as a passenger aboard the MZV RIG RUNNER (“the vessel”) to defendant Kerr-McGee’s dock in Morgan City, Louisiana, on November 21, 1996. Plaintiff alleges that the vessel ran aground and he was thrown to the deck and…
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