BARTEL v. ALCOA S.S. CO., INC.

Nos. 15-30004, 15-30005, 15-30032.

805 F.3d 169 (2015)

William E. BARTEL, as personal representative of the Estate of Silas B. Bishop, Plaintiff-Appellee v. ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INCORPORATED; Central Gulf Lines, Incorporated; Central Gulf Steamship Corporation; Crowley Marine Services, Incorporated, Successor by Merger Delta Steamship Lines, Incorporated, formerly known as Mississippi Shipping Company; Delta Steamship Lines, Incorporated; Empire Transport, Incorporated; Farrell Lines, Incorporated, formerly known as American South African Lines; James River Transport, Incorporated; Chas. Kurz & Company, individually and/or as Successor-in-Interest Keystone Shipping Company, Successor-in-Interest Keystone Tankship Corporation; Marine Navigation Company; Crowley Maritime Corporation, individually and/or as Successor-in-Interest Marine Transport Lines, Incorporated; Matson Navigation Company, Incorporated; National Bulk Carriers, Incorporated; Ogden Leader Stransport, Incorporated; Pan Atlantic Steamship Company; Sea-Land Service, Incorporated; Wabash Transport, Incorporated; Waterman Steamship Corporation; Marine Transport Lines, Incorporated; Keystone Shipping Company; Central Gulf Lines, Incorporated, individually and/or as Successor-in-Interest Central Gulf Steamship Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. William E. Bartel, As personal representative on behalf of Estate of Joseph L. Dennis, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. American Export Isbrantsen; Farrell Lines, Incorporated, on its own behalf and, formerly known as American South African Lines, Successor-in-Interest American Export Lines, Incorporated formerly known as American Isbrandtsen Lines, Incorporated, incorrectly named American Export Isbrandsten; American Export Lines, Incorporated; American Trading & Production Corporation; American Trading Transportation Company; Central Gulf Lines, Incorporated, Individually and/or Successor-in-Interest Central Gulf Steamship Corporation; Chas. Kurz; Company, Individually and/or Successor-in-Interest Keystone Shipping Company Successor-in-Interest Keystone Tankship Corporation; Farrell Lines, Incorporated; Trinidad Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. Lawrence Craig, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rio Grande Transport, Incorporated; Sea-Land Service, Incorporated; Waterman Steamship Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jody Edward Anderman , Cameron Ray Waddell , Litigation Counsel, Waddell Anderman, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, John C. Cardello (argued), Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, P.C., Detroit, MI, Jeffery Russell Nicholson , Nicholson Law Firm, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John A. Bolles , Robert J. Barbier , Meredith Wilson Blanque , Kevin Jacob LaVie, Esq . (argued), Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before: REAVLEY, ELROD, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.


This consolidated action involves claims arising from the plaintiffs' alleged exposure to asbestos aboard vessels operated or owned by the various defendants. We must determine whether the cases, originally filed in state court, properly belong in federal court.

Plaintiffs Silas B. Bishop, Joseph L. Dennis, and Lawrence...

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