United States Fifth Circuit

Denial of benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act is affirmed; a fixed oil production platform built on pilings over marsh and water and inaccessible from land does not constitute a "pier" or an "other adjoining area" within the meaning of the Act, 33 U.S.C. section 903(a).

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2004
• Published 05/18/2004

Judges

• MAGILL, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES, MAGILL and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jennings Bryan Jones, III (argued), Jones Law Firm, Cameron, LA, for Thibodeaux., Joshua T. Gillelan, II, Carol A. De Deo, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Thomas O. Shepherd, Jr., Clerk, Benefits Review Bd., Washington, DC, David Duhon, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Employment Standards Admin., New Orleans, LA, for Director, Office of Worker's Comp. Programs U.S. Dept. of Labor., Edward S. Johnson, Robert C. Martell (argued), Johnson, Johnson, Barrios & Yacoubian, New Orleans, LA, for Grasso Production Management Inc. and Signal Mut. Indem. Ass'n Ltd., Carrier.