July 16, 2021
A seafarer's union member injured during temporary day work aboard a Maersk container ship in New Jersey in 2012 has failed to convince the Third Circuit to keep alive challenges to a district court ruling barring negligence claims against either Maersk or a supervising contractor.
May 14, 2021
The Third Circuit on Friday seemed inclined to affirm a district court's ruling that Maersk Line Ltd. was the employer of an injured ship engineer for the purposes of immunity under a federal maritime workers' compensation law, given that the company funded his paycheck and appeared to control the work.