Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer’s Maritime Update is an e-newsletter authored by attorney Bill Schwartz, which provides discussions on the latest in maritime-related decisions and legislative developments.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday, June 10, 2019 against workers on oil drilling platforms. In the case of Parker Drilling Management v Newton, the workers argued they should be paid for the off-work time they spend on the platform,…
In the Fifth Circuit case decided May 10, 2019 of Jose Carmona v Leo Ship Management, Inc., the court affirmed in part the decision of the trial court that no jurisdiction existed as to the claim for shifting cargo; i.e….
In the case of Simmons v. Cornerstone Investments, LLC decided by the Louisiana Supreme Court on May 8, 2019, they held that in a tort case against a third party tortfeasor, the collateral source rule did not apply to medical…
AIR AND LIQUID SYSTEMS CORP., ET AL., v. ROBERTA G. DEVRIES, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN B. DEVRIES, DECEASED, ET AL. In the above case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on March 19, 2019 that manufacturers…
There was an announcement this week by the U.S. Attorney in Portland, Maine that a vessel master, Christopher Hutchinson, was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge D. Brock Hornby to four years in prison and three years of supervised…
Judge Martin Feldman, in the case of Alliance Marine Services, LP v. Gary Youman, decided in December 2018, found this was a classic McCorpen defense situation where the employer required a seaman to submit to a pre-hiring medical examination/interview wherein…
In the case of “Randle v. Crosby Tugs, L.L.C.” decided by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on December 19, 2018 and revised on January 7, 2019, they affirmed the lower court decision rendered on summary judgment. In that decision,…
On January 15, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira, 2019 WL 189342, 2019 U.S. LEXIS 724 (Jan. 15, 2019). Here, the Court addressed two issues: (1) whether a court or arbitrator should…
This is a maritime case involving an allision. The issue presented to the 5th Circuit in the case of “In the Matter of 4K Marine and Central Boat Rentals” and decided on January 30, 2019, was whether the owner of…
In its decision rendered January 14, 2019 in the case of NUSTAR ENERGY SERVICES, INCORPORATED v. M/V COSCO AUCKLAND, IMO NO. 9484261, the Fifth Circuit again concluded a creditor did not have a lien against a vessel since the “facts…
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