Publication Date
2025-12-29
Subcategory
Miscellaneous Notices
PUBLIC NOTICE - - - UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPLAINT OF ASSOCIATED FEDERAL PILOTS AND DOCKING MASTERS OF LOUISIANA, LLC, FEDERAL PILOTS, INC. AND ASSOCIATED FEDERAL COAST PILOTS OF LOUISIANA, INC. FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:25-cv-2368 SECTION A Judge Jay C. Zainey DIVISION 4 Magistrate Judge Karen Wells Roby NOTICE OF ACTION BROUGHT FOR EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Notice is given that Limitation Petitioners, Associated Federal Pilots and Docking Masters of Louisiana, LLC., Federal Pilots, Inc. and Associated Federal Coast Pilots of Louisiana, Inc., as current and/or former owners and operators of the M/V FEDERAL PILOT I and the M/V FEDERAL PILOT III, have filed a Complaint claiming the right to exoneration from or limitation of liability for all claims arising out of certain alleged incidents of asbestos exposure involving the M/V FEDERAL PILOT I and the M/V FEDERAL PILOT III from 1978 through 2000. All persons having such claims must file them as provided in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Supplemental Rule F, with the Clerk of this Court, at the United States Courthouse, Eastern District of Louisiana, 500 Poydras St, New Orleans, LA 70130 and serve copies on or mail copies to Limitation Petitioners attorneys, Kent B. Ryan, Stephanie D. Skinner, and Miller Hahn, PLLC, 365 Canal Street, Suite 860, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, on or before the 30th day of January, 2026, or be defaulted. Personal attendance is not required. Any claimant desiring to contest the right of Limitation Petitioners to exoneration from liability or the rights of Limitation Petitioners and current and former owners and operators of the M/V FEDERAL PILOT I and the M/V FEDERAL PILOT III to limitation of liability must file an answer to said Complaint, as required by the aforesaid Supplemental Rule F, and must serve on or mail to Limitation Petitioners attorneys a copy thereof, unless his/her claim has included an answer. Date: Dec 02 2025 Carol L. Michel Name of clerk of court L. Guillot Deputy clerk's signature 170029-dec 15-22-29-jan 5-4t $1,159.80