Author Archives: Kenneth Engerrand

July 2021 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 266) Notes from your Updater: The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed the denial of a challenge to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s decision to issue an offshore lease for … Read full post…

June 2021 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 265) Notes from your Updater: The Benefits Review Board recently posted additional decisions at the website below. Published decisions have been posted through 2020. Unpublished decisions have been posted through April 2021. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/brb/decisions On the … Read full post…

En banc Fifth Circuit corrected its interpretation of the test for seaman status; Sanchez v. Smart Fabricators of Texas, L.L.C., No. 19-20506 (5th Cir. ­­­May 11, 2021) (en banc) (Davis). Opinion For more than 200 years, American courts have struggled … Read full post…

May 2021 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 264) Notes from your Updater: On April 19, 2021, the United States Supreme Court declined to issue a writ of certiorari in No. 20-963, Walton v. Virginial International Terminals, LLC, in which the petition presented … Read full post…

April 2021 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 263) Notes from your Updater: The Department of Labor, Division of Federal Employees, Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation, has posted guidance on COVID-19 claims in two sections: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/owcp/dlhwc/Covid-19 https://www.dol.gov/agencies/owcp/dlhwc/Covid-19-Employers-and-Carriers The guidance is also available at … Read full post…