STATE COURT LAW SUIT NOT SUFFICIENT NOTICE TO OWNER TO START 6 MONTH TIME PERIOD RUNNING FOR FILING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ACTION WHERE THE WRONG VESSEL NAMED.
STATE COURT LAW SUIT NOT SUFFICIENT NOTICE TO OWNER TO START 6 MONTH TIME PERIOD RUNNING FOR FILING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ACTION WHERE THE WRONG VESSEL NAMED.
BILLIOT versus DOLPHIN SERVICES, INC.. In Re: In the Matter of: DOLPHIN SERVICES, INC., As Owner Pro Hac Vice/Operator of the Spud Barge
No. 99 31009
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 21424
August 24, 2000, Decided
OVERVIEW: Judgment vacated and case remanded because appellee's original state court petition was not a sufficient written notice of claim since appellee had identified wrong vessel and had rejected appellants' attempts to advise him of error until after time period for filing liability limitation action had passed.
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