Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test
The Energy Law
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
The plaintiff in Endeavor Marine worked on a moored derrick barge on the Mississippi River. The panel held that Sanchez met the nature test because his case was indistinguishable from two prior Fifth Circuit cases: In re Endeavor Marine , 234 F.3d 3d 287 (5th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) and Naquin v. Elevating Boats, L.L.C. , 3d 927 (5th Cir.
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