Case Name: Juan ALBARADO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED MARINE HOLDINGS, INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-12-03
Citations: 116 F. App'x 545
Docket Number: No. 04-30075
Parties: Juan ALBARADO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED MARINE HOLDINGS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, WIENER and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 116
Pages: 545–546

Head Matter:
Juan ALBARADO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED MARINE HOLDINGS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.
No. 04-30075.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Dec. 3, 2004.
Stephen C. Juan, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Robert P. McCleskey, Jr., Thomas Kent L. Morrison, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before REAVLEY, WIENER and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The district court did not err in finding that Albarado failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the M/V FAST SKIPPER caused his injuries. There were several factual inconsistencies in Albarado's claims regarding the date of the accident, his description of the vessel, and his description of the direction and size of the vessel's wake that led the district court to question Albarado's credibility. Further, the district court correctly found that the accident could not have happened the way Albarado claims it happened because the M/V FAST SKIPPER could not have created a six-foot wake in the Bayou Lafourche without running aground. Thus, the district court judgment in favor of United Marine Holdings, Inc. is AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.