U.S. High Court: Widow Of Offshore Drilling Employee Can Pursue Injury Claims
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 11 held that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) “extends coverage to an employee who can establish a substantial nexus between his injury and his employer’s extractive operations” on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), affirming a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision in a fatal workplace accident action (Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP, et al. v. Luisa L. Valladolid, et al., No. 10-507, U.S. Sup.).
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