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Federal Offshore Pipeline Decommissioning in BOEM Significant Sediment Resource Areas

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In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of denials of applications to decommission offshore pipelines in place in a departure from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (“BSEE”) longstanding practices. And rarely, if ever, will the order identify a specific project involving the use of the SSRA at issue.

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Riding to the Danger Zone: U.S. Fifth Circuit Panel Considers the Zone-of-Danger Test for Maritime Emotional Distress

The Energy Law

Hercules Offshore, Inc., 2014); Barker v. Hercules Offshore, Inc., In In re Deepwater Horizon , No. 20-30300, 2021 WL 96168, a three-judge panel of the U.S. The district court dismissed their case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). On January 11, 2021, the Fifth Circuit panel affirmed. See Barker v. Plaisance v.

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Riding to the Danger Zone: U.S. Fifth Circuit Panel Considers the Zone-of-Danger Test for Maritime Emotional Distress

The Energy Law

Hercules Offshore, Inc., 2014); Barker v. Hercules Offshore, Inc., In In re Deepwater Horizon , No. 20-30300, 2021 WL 96168, a three-judge panel of the U.S. The district court dismissed their case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). On January 11, 2021, the Fifth Circuit panel affirmed. See Barker v. Plaisance v.

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Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test

The Energy Law

In August 2018, while working on a rig owned by Enterprise Offshore Drilling, LLC (“Enterprise”), Sanchez was injured when he tripped on a pipe welded to the deck. Enterprise Offshore Drilling LLC , 376 F.Supp. Enterprise Offshore Drilling LLC, 2019 WL 2515307 (Jun. Smart Fabricators of Texas, LLC , 970 F.3d 1349(b)(1).

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Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test

The Energy Law

In August 2018, while working on a rig owned by Enterprise Offshore Drilling, LLC (“Enterprise”), Sanchez was injured when he tripped on a pipe welded to the deck. Enterprise Offshore Drilling LLC , 376 F.Supp. Enterprise Offshore Drilling LLC, 2019 WL 2515307 (Jun. Smart Fabricators of Texas, LLC , 970 F.3d 1349(b)(1).

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U.S. Fifth Circuit Clarifies “Substantial Nexus” Test for LHWCA

The Energy Law

On September 14, 2014, James Mays, a valve technician and an employee of Furmanite American (“Furmanite”) died while servicing valves on a platform that was part of Chevron’s gas gathering system and located in Louisiana’s territorial waters. In Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Chevron Pipe Line Co. Chevron Pipe Line Co.

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SCOTUS Decides Dutra Group v. Batterton

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2014) held that punitive damages were not available under the rationale of an earlier Supreme Court case, Miles v. The six justices in the majority opinion reversed the Ninth Circuit and resolved a circuit split on this issue. Justice Ginsburg dissented, joined by Justices Breyer and Sotomayor. A hatch blew open and crushed his hand.