An employer is liable for a $1.2 million wrongful death award after its employee accidentally shot a coworker aboard an offshore drilling rig, even though the mere presence of the gun violated company rules, a federal judge concluded in a Jones Act case.The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled that Hercules Drilling Co. is vicariously liable for the shooting death of Keith Beech, in a case featuring a unique legal question. The case title is Beech v. Hercules Drilling Company, LLC, No. 10-146, 3/24/11.Beech died while aboard the Hercules 101, a jack-up drilling vesse...
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