By John P. Kamin, Legal EditorThe U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a widow can recover death benefits under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, even though her husband died while working at an oil processing facility in La Conchita, Calif. The high court granted review to the case of Pacific Operators Offshore v. Valladolid on Tuesday to consider how the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) applies to land-based injuries. The case arose after Juan Valladolid, a roustabout for Pacific Operations Offshore, was killed while working at Pacific's onshore oil processing facility in...
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