January 09, 2018
An en banc Fifth Circuit on Monday reversed a panel ruling that maritime law applied to a dispute over an injury incurred during work on an offshore gas well, allowing a contractor and its insurer to escape indemnity for the accident under Louisiana state law.
July 10, 2017
The Fifth Circuit agreed on Friday to review whether the involvement of a barge-mounted crane is sufficient to shift a case over an injury incurred during work on an offshore gas well from being governed by state to maritime law.
March 08, 2017
The use of a barge-mounted crane is sufficient to shift an injury incurred unblocking a offshore gas well from state to maritime jurisdiction, the Fifth Circuit has ruled in a dispute over which law applies when deciding indemnity for an accident.