Sekco Energy, Inc. v. M/V Margaret Chouest

ELR Citation: ELR 21248
No(s). 92-0420 (E.D. La. Apr 22, 1993)

The court holds that a drilling platform owner's maritime tort claims against the owner and charterer of a vessel that was towing a seismic cable that struck a leg of the platform causing the cable to rupture and spill mineral oil into the ocean, can be asserted for purely economic loss and the owne...