The U.S. Coast Guard has released its “Incident Specific Preparedness Review” for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010. Fox is reporting that this report suggests the Administration slowed some of the flow of information from the responders.
The Commandant of the Coast Guard’s approval memorandum states:
On February I, 20II, I received the
Rebecca, at www.recordonappeal.com, is live blogging the Senate confirmation hearing for David Louie, Esq. Follow the action below.
New case from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Will review and comment later, but for now the opinion in the case of Donovan v. Centerpulse Spine Tech Inc., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 6180 and can be found here.
CSX Transportation v. McBride
Question presented:
Whether the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60, requires proof of proximate causation.
Link to Docket:
Links to Briefs:
Brief of Petitioner CSX Transportation
Brief for Respondent Robert McBride
New case from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Will review and comment later, but for now the opinion in the case of Drapela v. United States, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 5975 and can be found here.
New maintenance and cure case from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. It is unpublished, and therefore of limited precedential value, but does show the effect of a non-disclosure of pre-existing physical condition on a claimant’s later maintenance and cure claim. In this case, the employer obtained summary judgment and the Plaintiff’s claims dismissed because
New marine insurance case from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. It relates to whether a “bumbershoot” insurance policy is a marine contract, giving the federal court admiralty jurisdiction. The trial court held it was and the Fifth Circuit affirmed in an unpublished decision. The insurer did prevail on its attempt to have New York
New admiralty case from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case regards the negligence standard for maritime personal injury cases, as governed by federal maritime law.
The case is Regan v. Starcraft Marine, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 5192 and can be found here.
The opinion is unpublished, and therefore not precedential, but
Aloha and welcome to the latest blawg to grace Hawaii's legal community. Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing's Litigation Practice Group has launched www.hawaiilitigation.com. Not surprisingly, their initial posts are full of pearls of wisdom for the business community generally and the legal community specifically.
Louise Ing's post on courtroom attire was spot on and
Update on a Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act case from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The court has denied rehearing en banc in the case of Pedroza v. BRB, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 27063 which can be found here.
Facts: A harbor worker was unloading materials from a Navy vessel and struck a 440