BERTHOLF – check out the ROOMBA
Coast Guard’s Newest Major Cutter, BERTHOLF
Taken during port call in Honolulu
New Case from Fifth Circuit – Tracy Barker v. Halliburton Company, et al.
New case from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Will review and comment later, but for now the opinion in the case of Tracy Barker v. Halliburton Company, et al., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 12696 and can be found here.
Supreme Court Rules on Causation Standard Applicable to Maritime Injuries
The Sky’s the limit. Or so says Chief Justice Roberts who, in dissent, thought that injured rairoad workers should have to show that their injuries were proximately caused by their employers. The Supreme Court rejected that interpretation of the statute and held that proximate cause was not fairly read into the Federal Employer’s Liability Act. So
New Case From Ninth Circuit – SW Traders LLC v. United Specialty Ins. Co.,
New case from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Will review and comment late, but for now the opinion in the case of SW Traders LLC v. United Specialty Ins. Co.,, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 23736 and can be found here.
Cranes and Ehime Maru Memorial
Ehime Maru Memorial
Justice Kennedy on Federalism: Bond v. United States
Liberty. While liberty is a magical word for many a sailor and Coast Guardsman, today Justice Kennedy reminds us that liberty is a fundamental underpinning of the U.S. Constitution.
"If the constitutional structure of our Government that protects individual liberty is compromised, individuals who suffer otherwise justiciable injury may object."
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New Case From Ninth Circuit – Curtis Oswalt v. Resolute Industries Inc.
New case from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Will review and comment later, but for now the opinion in the case of Curtis Oswalt v. Resolute Industries Inc., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 12114 and can be found here.