· 5/7/2015
Alexander v. Express Energy Services Operating, L.P.
Citations
- 784 F.3d 1032
- 2015 A.M.C. 1329
- 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 7588
- 2015 WL 2151773
How courts have described this case
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- finding that plaintiffs work on platforms, even when vessels were near the platforms, did not qualify under Chan-dris’s temporal connection prong as actually working on a vessel
- “To maintain a cause of action under the Jones Act, the plaintiff must be a seaman. Land-based workers are not seamen.”
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Judges: Davis, Jones, Clement
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