Archive for the ‘Jones Act’ Category
January 3rd, 2012 | 
Author: NEW ORLEANS, La. — BP made their latest filing on Monday, Jan 2, in New Orleans federal court reiterating a claim they first made last April that they are entitled to payment from Houston-based contractor Halliburton Energy Services for expenses and lost profits resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill disaster.
BELLEVUE, NE – Colleen Bowen, 48, A female barge worker who worked for three years on a barge owned and operated by Western Contracting of Sioux City, Iowa, got sucked into the engine of a Missouri River tugboat last Thursday night on Dec. 8. The accident left Bowen in a medically induced coma at Creighton University Medical Center.
U.S.D.C. EASTERN DISTRICT, TN – Maritime lawyer, Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, represent a 52 year old tugboat captain from Orlinda, Tennessee who was seriously injured while working as an employee of SEVENSON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC.
NEW ORLEANS, La. – U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier ruled last week that BP must face claims under general maritime law, not under state law, in suits brought by Louisiana and Alabama due to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill brought on by the Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010.
On July 8th, 2011, the Lexington Institute published The Contribution of the Jones Act to National Security written by Dr. Daniel Goure.
The Jones Act and its Contribution to National Security
NEW ORLEANS, La – Researchers want cleanup workers and volunteers of last year’s BP oil spill to participate in a Gulf study that is looking at the long-term health effects of last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill on clean-up workers.
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Tags: Gulf Cleanup Workers, Gulf Study, Louisiana Maritime Lawyer, Maritime Lawyer, Offshore Injury Lawyer | 
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JEFFERSONVILLE, IN – A man who was employed as a maintenance worker by Jeffboat was killed Friday morning, Aug 19, at about 6:45 a.m. while trying to repair a machine called a “buggy” used to support and transport barges.
Jeffboat shipyards in Jeffersonville, Indiana along 5,600 feet of frontage on the Ohio River.
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder has annouced Wednesday, July 20, that an independent audit will be performed on the $20 billion fund set up to compensate victims of the BP oil spill.
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NEW ORLEANS, La — BP Oil Company filed a 29 page document with the Gulf Coast Claims Facility on Friday, July 8, arguing that most Gulf Oil Spill victims should not receive anymore payouts for future losses.
The oil company’s argument is that the hardest-hit areas are recovering and the economy is growing. ... Read Full Story
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U.S.D.C. EASTERN DISTRICT NEW ORLEANS, La - Louisiana maritime lawyer, Gordon, Elias & Seely, LLP, represent a 40 year old tankerman and resident of Great Lakes, Illinois who was seriously injured while in the employment of Defendants BLESSY MARINE BLESSY MARINE SERVICE, INC., his Jones Act employer.
