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Steverson v. GlobalSantaFe Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Jones Act and general maritime law action brought by an injured Derrickman against defendant-employer, denial of plaintiff's Fed. R. Civ. Proc....

US v. Gamboa-Cardenas

Admiralty, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The safety valve provision of 18 U.S.C. section 3553(f) is not available to defendants convicted under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act.

Robinson v. Orient Marine Co. Ltd.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an action brought by an injured employee of a stevedoring company against defendant under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act,...

Kaluom v. Stolt Offshore Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit brought against defendant-vessel operator by a Malaysian national who was injured while working aboard the vessel, summary judgment for...

In Re: Lockheed Martin Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
In case involving insurance coverage dispute and the right to a jury trial in an admiralty case, petition for writ of mandamus challenging order...

Am. Maritime Officers v. Marine Eng'rs Beneficial Ass'n

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute between competing labor unions representing maritime officers alleging tortious interference with a contractual relationship and unjust...

Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In case involving a slip and fall injury to a seaman, denial of plaintiffs' motion to strike defendant's request for punitive damages is affirmed as...

In the Matter of the Complaint of: IL Marine Towing, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
After the filing in state court of a personal injury and wrongful death suit involving a boating accident, grant of the claimants' motion in the...

In the Matter of the Complaint of Moran Towing Corp.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In an admiralty action under the Limitation of Shipowners Liability Act arising from a collision between a tanker and tug, an order exonerating a...

Smith v. Seacor Marine LLC

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action seeking contractual indemnity for sums a third-party defendant may owe to plaintiff, who was injured in an oilfield accident which...