Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-04 05:04:15.394349+00
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
          COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
GULF ISLAND SHIPYARDS, LLC                    NO.    2023 CW 0107
VERSUS
HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES,                         MARCH 2, 2023
LLC

In Re:     Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC, applying for supervisory
           writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St.
           Tammany, No. 201814866.

BEFORE:    THERIOT, CHUTZ, AND HESTER, JJ.

     STAY DENIED; WRIT GRANTED.   We reverse the portion of the
trial court's January 31, 2023 judgment granting the motions for
partial   summary   judgment   on  termination   of  the    Vessel
Construction Agreements filed by defendant, Hornbeck Offshores
Services,   LLC.  We find that defendant,      Hornbeck Offshore
Services, LLC, has not pointed out to the court the absence of
factual support for one or more elements essential to the claim
of plaintiff, Gulf Island Shipyards, LLC.    We find there are a
number of factual issues precluding the grant of these motions
for partial summary judgment. Any doubt as to a dispute
regarding a material issue of fact must be resolved against
granting a motion for summary judgment and in favor of a trial
on the merits.     King v.    Town of Clarks,    2021-01897   (La.
2/22/22), 345 So.3d 422, 423. We therefore reverse the trial
court's January 31, 2023 judgment granting the motions for
partial summary judgment and deny the motions for partial
summary judgment on termination of the Vessel Construction
Agreements filed by defendant, Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC.

                                 MRT
                                 WRC
                                 CHH

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

    DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
        FOR THE COURT