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Doing Aweigh With Uncertainty: Navigating Jones Act Seamen’Sclaims Against Third Parties, Sara B. Kuebel Apr 2018

Doing Aweigh With Uncertainty: Navigating Jones Act Seamen’Sclaims Against Third Parties, Sara B. Kuebel

Louisiana Law Review

The article focuses on Jones Act as per which seaman may recover punitive damages from a third-party non-employer and law should afford seamen and non-seafarers the same protections under general maritime law against non-employer and protecting seamen as the wards of admiralty.


The Bp B1 Bundle Ruling: Federal Statutory Displacement Of General Maritime Law, John Costonis Jan 2013

The Bp B1 Bundle Ruling: Federal Statutory Displacement Of General Maritime Law, John Costonis

Journal Articles

Among the many unresolved legal questions posed by BP’s Gulf well blowout are whether and to what extent maritime tort negligence remedies escape displacement by relevant federal statutes, including, principally, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA or OPA 90). OPA jurisprudence over two decades holds that OPA displaces these remedies. Contrarily, however, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana’s decision in In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” (hereinafter B1 Bundle) insists that general maritime law affords a parallel track to OPA’s remedies for economic and property oil discharge losses suffered by …


Death At Sea: A Sad Tale Of Disaster, Injustice, And Unnecessary Risk, Thomas C. Galligan Jr. May 2011

Death At Sea: A Sad Tale Of Disaster, Injustice, And Unnecessary Risk, Thomas C. Galligan Jr.

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Punitive Damages In U.S. Maritime Law: Miles, Baker, And Townsend, David W. Robertson Feb 2010

Punitive Damages In U.S. Maritime Law: Miles, Baker, And Townsend, David W. Robertson

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Saratoga Fishing Co. V. J.M. Martinac & Co.: Charting The Course Of "Other Property" In Products Liability Law, Chadwick J. Mollere Aug 1998

Saratoga Fishing Co. V. J.M. Martinac & Co.: Charting The Course Of "Other Property" In Products Liability Law, Chadwick J. Mollere

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Special Legislative Rights And Wreck Removal, William Tetley Mar 1995

Special Legislative Rights And Wreck Removal, William Tetley

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Solidarity And Contribution In Maritime Claims, W. Robins Brice Mar 1995

Solidarity And Contribution In Maritime Claims, W. Robins Brice

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Contractual Indemnity In Maritime Law, Susan A. Daigle, James T. Rivera Mar 1995

Contractual Indemnity In Maritime Law, Susan A. Daigle, James T. Rivera

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Recent United States Supreme Court Developments In Admiralty, Thomas C. Galligan Jr., Jean Paul Picou Overton Jan 1995

Recent United States Supreme Court Developments In Admiralty, Thomas C. Galligan Jr., Jean Paul Picou Overton

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Admiralty Doctrine Of Laches, Uisdean R. Vass, Xia Chen Nov 1992

The Admiralty Doctrine Of Laches, Uisdean R. Vass, Xia Chen

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Recent Developments Regarding Maritime Contribution And Indemnity, Gus A. Schill Jr. May 1991

Recent Developments Regarding Maritime Contribution And Indemnity, Gus A. Schill Jr.

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Recovery Of Economic Loss Absent Physical Damage To A Proprietary Interest: Does Testbank Dim The Bright-Line?, Tamara Dixon Mar 1986

Recovery Of Economic Loss Absent Physical Damage To A Proprietary Interest: Does Testbank Dim The Bright-Line?, Tamara Dixon

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Damage Award In A Maritime Personal Injury Case, Joseph D. Jamail Mar 1985

The Damage Award In A Maritime Personal Injury Case, Joseph D. Jamail

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Contemporary Problems In Maritime Products Liability, Charles E. Lugenbuhl Mar 1985

Contemporary Problems In Maritime Products Liability, Charles E. Lugenbuhl

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Meting Out Misfortune: How The Courts Are Alloting The Costs Of Maritime Injury In The Eighties, Graydon S. Staring Mar 1985

Meting Out Misfortune: How The Courts Are Alloting The Costs Of Maritime Injury In The Eighties, Graydon S. Staring

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Proof Of Negligence In A 905(B) Action After Scindia - For The Plaintiff, Ross Diamond Iii Sep 1983

Proof Of Negligence In A 905(B) Action After Scindia - For The Plaintiff, Ross Diamond Iii

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Introduction, Frank L. Maraist Mar 1983

Introduction, Frank L. Maraist

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Expanding Coverage Of The Longshoremen's And Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, Charles Clark Mar 1983

The Expanding Coverage Of The Longshoremen's And Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, Charles Clark

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Admiralty Case On Appeal In The Fifth Circuit, Alvin B. Rubin Mar 1983

The Admiralty Case On Appeal In The Fifth Circuit, Alvin B. Rubin

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Contractual Indemnity Under Maritime And Louisiana Law, Lisa Brener Cusimano Sep 1982

Contractual Indemnity Under Maritime And Louisiana Law, Lisa Brener Cusimano

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Death On The High Seas Act: Two Remaining Problems, Rebecca F. Doherty Aug 1981

The Death On The High Seas Act: Two Remaining Problems, Rebecca F. Doherty

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Confused Seas, The Waters We Sail On In 1980, Peter T. Fay May 1981

Confused Seas, The Waters We Sail On In 1980, Peter T. Fay

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Forum Juridicum: Maritime Wrongful Death - Higginbotham Reverses Trend And Creates New Questions, Frank L. Maraist Nov 1978

Forum Juridicum: Maritime Wrongful Death - Higginbotham Reverses Trend And Creates New Questions, Frank L. Maraist

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


A New Look At Lauritzen V. Larsen, Choice Of Law And Forum Non Conveniens, C. John Caskey Aug 1978

A New Look At Lauritzen V. Larsen, Choice Of Law And Forum Non Conveniens, C. John Caskey

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Shoreside Limits Of The Longshoremen's And Harborworkers' Compensation Act, Albert M. Hand Jr. Feb 1978

Shoreside Limits Of The Longshoremen's And Harborworkers' Compensation Act, Albert M. Hand Jr.

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Contribution In Non-Collision Maritime Cases, Len Kilgore May 1975

Contribution In Non-Collision Maritime Cases, Len Kilgore

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Forum Selection Clauses In Maritime Contracts, Harold Watson May 1973

Forum Selection Clauses In Maritime Contracts, Harold Watson

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ship's Liability To Longshoremen Based On Unseaworthiness - Sieracki Through Usner, James A. George Dec 1971

Ship's Liability To Longshoremen Based On Unseaworthiness - Sieracki Through Usner, James A. George

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Admiralty - Single Negligent Act Of Longshoreman Causing Instantaneous Injuries Insufficient To Constitute Unseaworthiness, James Louis Williams Iv Jun 1971

Admiralty - Single Negligent Act Of Longshoreman Causing Instantaneous Injuries Insufficient To Constitute Unseaworthiness, James Louis Williams Iv

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Huson And The Fifth Circuit - A Return To Snipes?, Alvin Michael Dufilho Feb 1971

Huson And The Fifth Circuit - A Return To Snipes?, Alvin Michael Dufilho

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.