Denoux v. Vessel Management Services, Inc.

Summary

The court affirmed the judgment sustaining Glidden's exception of prescription because the plaintiffs' claims against Glidden were pleaded under Louisiana law, appeared prescribed on their face, and were not supported by properly introduced evidence establishing a maritime limitations period. The court also vacated the court of appeal's additional determinations that the plaintiffs were not Jones Act seamen, that the Belle of Orleans was not a vessel in navigation, and that admiralty jurisdiction did not apply, because those issues were beyond the prescription ruling and unsupported by the record.