Legge Farrow Maritime Law Update

• Supreme Court Limits Punitive Damages in Exxon Valdez Lawsuits (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) 
• The Rocky Shoals of AmClyde Capsize Another Contribution Claim (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) 
   
• Ship Pilot Sues Pilot Association for Personal Injury (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• Forum Selection Agreements Upheld by U.S. District Court in Cases Involving Domestic Jones Act Seamen (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• The Fifth Circuit Snips Away at Gaudet  (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• 2006 Amendment to Jones Act Venue Provision Require Jury Trials to be Filed in the Judicial District in Which the Employer Resides or Has Its Principal Office (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• The Fifth Circuit limits a shipowner's use of the Limitation Act (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  
  
• Recent Court Decisions Hold Pilot Associations Lack the Capacity to be Sued in Employment Discrimination Cases, as well as in Collision Cases Involving the On-Board Negligence of an Individual Pilot (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  
  
• House of Representatives Passes the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act, H.R. 4761 (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• The Fifth Circuit Reverses Course - Holds Quartersbarge Is a Vessel Under the Jones Act (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• United States Coast Guard Revises Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Holds the Jones Act Allows a General Maritime Negligence and Indemnity Claim By a Shipowner-Employer Against Its Seaman-Employee for Property Damage (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• Responding Promptly to Deckhand's Complaint Precluded Sexual Harassment Liability (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  
  
• The U.S. Coast Guard Issues Guidelines on Assessing the Suitability of a Waterway for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Marine Traffic (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  
  
• Foreign-Flag Cruise Ships Calling on U.S. Ports Are Subject to Requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  
  
• Litigating Maritime Personal Injury Cases in Texas
  
  
• Navigating the Morass of New Maritime Regulations: The Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002
  
  
• Asbestos Tort Reform - The Recent Developments
  
  
• Vessel Analysis Applied to Hybrid Deepwater Structures and The Impact on Indemnity and Additional Assured Status Issues (Presented at the Offshore Energy Conference, London April 2001.)
  
  
• Salvage Operations By Non-Professional Salvors: A Practical Guide for Ship Masters (Presented at the International Towage & Salvage Convention, May 2000)
  
  

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