Background: Before the Court was defendant Fluid Crane's motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff Lennis George opposed the motion.

George alleged he was injured while ascending metal steps on the Apache 623B production platform located offshore. Fluid Crane sought summary judgment claiming George was not a Jones Act seaman.

Background: Plaintiff, Christopher Gregory, was employed by defendant, Kirby Inland Marine, LP ("Kirby").  Gregory was working as a deckhand aboard the Kirby-owned tug, M/V The City of New Orleans.  He allegedly suffered injuries to his elbow, shoulder, and back while attempting to release a securing wire back to a barge that was secured to the tug.

Background: This case arose out of an injury that occurred while the plaintiff, Gregory Edmond, was employed as an oiler aboard the derrick barge DB WILLIAM KALLOP. The barge was located off the coast of Houma, Louisiana.

Background: The plaintiff, Stewart Stumbaugh, filed suit against the defendant, American Commercial Lines LLC ("ACL").

Stumbaugh was injured during a ten-day deckhand training session at the defendant's Illinois facility. The first six days of the training occurred on land. The seventh day was "fleet awareness" day, when ACL took trainees out to show them different types of barges and familiarize them with the barges' components.