Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test
The Energy Law Blog
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Smart Fabricators of Texas, LLC , 970 F.3d 3d 550, a three-judge panel of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held on August 14, 2020, that seaman status under the Jones Act may apply to an injured welder on a jack-up oil rig adjacent to an inland pier. Gilbert Sanchez, a welder-fitter employed by SmartFab, never went to sea on vessels.
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