When It Comes to Pilot Errors: State Statutes Preempt General Maritime Law
The Energy Law
DECEMBER 29, 2023
On December 4, 2023, in Marquette Transportation Co. 1 the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that state law—and specifically in this case, Louisiana law—governs the applicable negligence standard and burden of proof for a pilot’s error. On January 3, 2019, the M/V STRANDJA and the M/V KIEFFER E. The KIEFFER E.
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