A Texas appellate court revived a welder’s negligence claim under the Jones Act, finding a triable issue as to whether he qualified as a “seaman” working on a vessel “in navigation” at the time he was hurt.
Case: Partin v. Superior Energy Services, No. 01-17-00629-CV, 08/14/2018, published.
Facts: In 2011, the Shell Oil Co. contracted with Superior Energy Services to convert an ice class barge known as the Arctic Challenger into a vessel capable of responding to offshore oil spills.
The terms of the contract required Superior to perform extensive work on the Ar...
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