Floating Casino Not Covered by LHWCA

The United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has ruled that an engineer of land-based operations of a floating casino (a recreational organization) did not have the employee status required under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA), and was not injured at a "situs" covered by the LHWCA.In Boomtown Belle Casino v. Bazor (12/06/02 - No. 01-60705), Ben Bazor was hired has chief engineer of the "Boomtown facility," the land-based operations of a boat casino floating in the Harvey Canal in Harvey, Louisiana. The land-based offices and the boat casino were at the ...