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2023 Begins With Increased (or Unlimited) Liability for Vessel Owners

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11] The Coast Guard is not responsible for adjusting OPA limits for offshore facilities (other than deepwater ports). 11] The Coast Guard is not responsible for adjusting OPA limits for offshore facilities (other than deepwater ports). Those limits were last increased in 2018 to $137,659,500 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. [12]

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11th Circuit Finds Not All Disputed Medical Evidence Must be Construed in a Seaman’s Favor

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The Fifth Circuit thus similarly held that Vaughn does not provide an absolute rule of deference to the seaman’s treating physician. MNM Boats, Inc. Johnson , 248 F.3d 3d 1139 (5th Cir.