Court Vacates Order Compelling Maritime Employer to Pay Maintenance and Cure

A Texas appellate court on Thursday ruled that an injured seaman could not get a pretrial order to compel his employer to provide him with maintenance and cure. However, each of the members of the 14th District Court of Appeal panel had different views on why this should be, resulting in the court handing down three separate opinions. Chief Justice Kem Thompson Frost opined that general maritime law simply didn't allow for the type of order that Matthew Howard had sought and received. Justices Tracy Christopher and Brett Busby, on the other hand, reasoned that Texas law foreclosed injunc...