Background: An employee filed a petition for damages against his employers under the Jones Act. The employers and their insurer responded by filing a motion for summary judgment seeking a judgment that the employee's sole remedy was under the Longshoreman & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. Thus, the employers and their insurer stated the employee's claims under the Jones Act should be dismissed.

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 Lance Campbell sought damages from defendant Royal Caribbean Cruises ("RCC").

Campbell was employed as a dancer. He was rehearsing at RCC's Miami, Florida studios to later perform on RCC's ship, the Radiance of the Seas. During a rehearsal on January 20, 2007, and having never boarded the ship, Campbell was injured when he was struck by another of RCC's employees. As a result, he suffered severe injuries to his head, neck, back, and other body parts.

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.