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In re Transporter Marine, Inc.

217 F.3d 335 (2000)

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In re Transporter Marine, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
217 F.3d 335 (2000)

AR

Facts

Eroica Hall, a seaman on the M/V Transporter, lost both legs in a shipboard accident. The Coast Guard (plaintiff) instituted administrative proceedings against Transporter Marine, Inc. (Transporter) (defendant) for allegedly failing to comply with the Coast Guard’s regulations concerning drug and alcohol testing of involved seamen after a serious marine incident. Transporter obtained an order from the district court finding that the Limitation of Liability Act covered the accident. Transporter then claimed that the Coast Guard’s claims for fines and penalties under its drug-and-alcohol-testing regulations were also covered by the act. The Coast Guard countered that its regulations were regulatory in nature and not the kind of damage claims subject to the act. The Coast Guard also argued that the regulatory violations were temporally remote from the accident. The court ruled in the Coast Guard’s favor and found that the act did not apply to the Coast Guard’s claims. Transporter appealed.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Per curiam)

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