LA Oyster Harvesters Allege Damages After Oil Spill
February 24, 2016 | 1 min to read
NEW ORLEANS – A larger collection of owners and lease holders of an oyster bed are seeking damages after an oil spill allegedly contaminated their property.
Mathew J. Lepetich, M.J. Lepetich Oysters LLC, M.J. Lepetich Marine LLC, et al. filed a lawsuit Feb. 19 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against Burnett & Co. Inc., certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London, Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Water Quality Insurance Syndicate and Gemini Insurance Co., citing the Oil Pollution Act.
The plaintiffs allegedly have a proprietary interest and were lease holders of a patch of property used for oyster breeding located in Harvest Area 11 in the Parish of Plaquemines. Several of the plaintiffs own vessels to harvest oysters and earn a living through as harvesters and fishermen.
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