News from November 2011
Ohio deckhand files Jones Act lawsuit after rotator cuff injury
Delise An Ohio resident has filed a Jones Act lawsuit after he fell down a flight of stairs and injured his rotator cuff aboard the vessel M/V Frank Haendiges.
New Orleans Ritz Carlton sued after ceiling collapse
A New Orleans Ritz-Carlton hotel is being sued after the ceiling in a second floor hotel room collapsed on a worker and narrowly missed another worker.
BP and Transocean want evidence of U.S. government's role introduced in oil spill litigation
Underhill NEW ORLEANS – Deepwater Horizon operator BP and rig owner Transocean, trading blame for last year's oil spill, aim to drag Uncle Sam into the dispute.
Rig workers who pleaded the Fifth settle claims with Transocean
Miller Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean and five workers settled personal injury suits that the workers undercut by pleading Fifth Amendment privilege against self incrimination.