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February 1
2022

February 2022 Longshore/Maritime Update

February 2022 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 273) Notes from your Updater: A panel of the Ninth Circuit held that a terminal’s RICO suit against the International Longshore & Warehouse Union and individual union workers for alleged overbilling on fraudulent timesheets required … Read full post…

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January 10
2022

Should an Insurer be satisfied with favorable, yet adverse, jury verdict even though the Trial Court erred in a way that precluded directed verdict in favor of the Insurance Carrier?

An insurance coverage dispute proceeded to a 6-day federal jury trial in Miami, Florida in November 2019. The Insured claimed that certain damages to engines on its motor vessel were covered under a marine insurance policy. The insured produced numerous … Read full post…

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January 3
2022

January 2022 Longshore/Maritime Update

January 2022 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 272) Notes from your Updater: Best wishes to all of our readers for 2022. On December 7, 2021, the Third Circuit held that the Chief Engineer of a Liberian petroleum tanker could be prosecuted in … Read full post…

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December 1
2021

December 2021 Longshore/Maritime Update

December 2021 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 271) Notes from your Updater: On November 3, 2021, Judge Cannon held that the federal court in Florida lacked subject matter jurisdiction over a property dispute involving a cable under the submerged lands beneath the … Read full post…

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November 3
2021

November 2021 Longshore/Maritime Update

November 2021 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 270) Notes from your Updater: After Judge Moore granted summary judgment to the cruise line in a suit by a passenger who tripped and fell on a threshold that ran across the deck on the … Read full post…

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