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14 Aug 2017, 7:56 am by Broussard & David
In an important maritime law decision protecting seaman all over the county, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Louisiana verdict secured for an injured maritime worker. [read post]
14 Aug 2017, 7:56 am by Broussard & David
In an important maritime law decision protecting seaman all over the county, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Louisiana verdict secured for an injured maritime worker. [read post]
16 May 2023, 9:14 am by Trevor Cutaiar
A jury in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana recently awarded a Jones Act seaman approximately $3.2 million in damages. [read post]
16 May 2023, 9:14 am by Trevor Cutaiar
A jury in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana recently awarded a Jones Act seaman approximately $3.2 million in damages. [read post]
21 May 2021, 9:06 am by Georges Legrand
Wilander, in 1991, the United States Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) has addressed an employee’s entitlement to seaman status under the Jones Act several times. [read post]
21 May 2021, 9:06 am by Georges Legrand
Wilander, in 1991, the United States Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) has addressed an employee’s entitlement to seaman status under the Jones Act several times. [read post]
On Tuesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit addressed the question of whether the 1962 U.S. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 6:00 am by Trevor Cutaiar
In the absence of United States Ninth Circuit or Supreme Court guidance on the question, the court relied on unpublished decisions from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.  [read post]
Smart Fabricators of Texas, LLC, 970 F.3d 550,  a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held on August 14, 2020, that seaman status under the Jones Act may apply to an injured welder on a jack-up oil rig adjacent to an inland pier. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 6:00 am by Trevor Cutaiar
In the absence of United States Ninth Circuit or Supreme Court guidance on the question, the court relied on unpublished decisions from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. [read post]
6 Aug 2010, 9:40 am by Steven Boutwell
GSF Development Driller I, et al., 587 F.3d 266 (5th Cir. 2009), the United States Fifth Circuit reiterated the longstanding rule that generally, a seaman belonging to a vessel in peril cannot claim a salvage compensation for saving his vessel. [read post]
31 Aug 2020, 1:08 pm by Trevor Cutaiar
Eugene Davis authored an important special concurrence to his own opinion in a seaman status case, Sanchez v. [read post]
31 Aug 2020, 1:08 pm by Trevor Cutaiar
Eugene Davis authored an important special concurrence to his own opinion in a seaman status case, Sanchez v. [read post]