Fifth Circuit Identifies Potential Conflict with Supreme Court on Jones Act Seaman Test
The Energy Law Blog
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Enterprise Offshore Drilling LLC, 2019 WL 2515307 (Jun. 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. 1349(b)(1).
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