Category Archives: Longshore Update

May 2023 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 288) Notes from your Updater: The Update has reported the remand of climate change suits that were removed by energy companies on a number of grounds (including the federal jurisdiction granted under the Outer Continental … Read full post…

April 2023 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 287) Notes from your Updater: For our readers who are interested in the Black Lung Benefits Act, the Department of Labor issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on January 19, 2023 with respect to self-insuring … Read full post…

March 2023 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 286) Notes from your Updater: On January 27, 2023, the Connecticut Supreme Court held that the ocean marine insurance policy issued by Hartford Fire Insurance Co. that covered the insured’s shoes while they are in … Read full post…

February 2023 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 285) Notes from your Updater: On December 23, 2022, President Biden signed legislation amending the 1851 Limitation of Liability Act to exclude “covered small passenger vessels.” A small passenger vessel is defined as a vessel … Read full post…

January 2023 Longshore/Maritime Update (No. 284) Notes from your Updater: On December 2, 2022, Judge Lake ordered arbitration of the suit by a pipeline inspector against his employer, rejecting the inspector’s claim that his claim fell within the exception in … Read full post…