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March 2
2020

March 2020 Longshore/Maritime Update

March 2020 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 250) Notes from your Updater: The fact that this is our 25oth edition of the Update calls for thanks to all those who have made the Update possible, particularly its founder, Tom Langan, and to … Read full post…

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February 14
2020

Texas Supreme Court will decide whether the judge or jury decides if a worker is a borrowed servant under the Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.

On February 14, 2020, the Texas Supreme Court granted a petition for review and announced that it will hear oral argument in W&T Offshore, Inc. v. Fredieu (No. 18-1134). Wesley Fredieu was injured on W&T Offshore’s platform on the outer … Read full post…

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February 6
2020

Subsidiary of contracting party was required to be named as an additional insured because of interchangeable references to the contracting party and its subsidiaries in the master service agreement; Mays v. C-Dive, L.L.C., No. 19-30106 (5th Cir. Feb. 5, 2020) (Costa)

Four divers employed by C-Dive in the decommissioning of a pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Louisiana, were injured in an explosion and brought this suit against C-Dive and the owner of the pipeline, Gulf South Pipeline Company. Gulf … Read full post…

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October 30
2019

Congratulations to Sasha Grover and Michelle Dougherty for their victory at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Congratulations to Sasha Grover and Michelle Dougherty for their victory at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the Defense Base Act claim of Makhmoor v. Mission Essential Personnel, No. 18-70723 (9th Cir. October 28, 2019)! The Ninth Circuit affirmed … Read full post…

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September 4
2019

Brown Sims Attorneys recognized as 2019 Texas Super Lawyers

Brown Sims is pleased to announce the selection of Kenneth Engerrand, Michael Williams, Robert Browning, Allen Hemphill, John Davis, H. Miles Klaff, Michael Varner and G. Byron Sims as 2019 Texas Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of … Read full post…

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