In Mays v. Chevron Pipe Line Co., the U.S. Fifth Circuit upheld a $3 million verdict to the wife and estate of a deceased employee of a subcontractor working on a platform in Louisiana territorial waters. The jury found that the employee’s death was attributed to...
Jones Act
COAST GUARD REGULATIONS, VESSEL CLASSIFICATION, AND JONES ACT CLAIMS
In Mount v. Keahole Point Fish, LLC, et al, the district court considered the applicability of the United State Coast Guard Commercial Diving Operations regulations to the vessels at issue and thus the viability of the Plaintiff’s claims for negligence per se and...