Feb 24, 2022 | Drill Deeper Blog
The US Fifth Circuit’s new opinion in B.A. Kelly Land Co, LLC v. Aethon Energy Operating, LLC is a cautionary tale of what can happen when an operator ignores the mail. B.A. Kelly Land Company, LLC owned a 160-acre tract included in two compulsory units in Bossier...Jan 6, 2021 | Drill Deeper Blog
When Gloria’s Ranch, L.L.C. v. Tauren Exploration, Inc., et al. arrived before the Supreme Court of Louisiana for the second time in the Spring of 2020, the main issues that defined the controversy were resolved: the three defendants–Tauren, EXCO, and...Mar 19, 2019 | Drill Deeper Blog
In Randle v. Crosby Tugs, L.L.C. (5th Cir. 2018), the Fifth Circuit affirmed that a tug owner was neither negligent in providing medical care to an injured seaman nor vicariously liable for the alleged medical malpractice committed by the seaman’s treating physicians....Nov 8, 2018 | Drill Deeper Blog
In United States v. Nature’s Way Marine, L.L.C., 904 F.3d 416 (5th Cir. 2018), the Fifth Circuit held that a tug owner fit the definition of “operator” of an oil-spilling barge and consequently was ineligible under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA...Jul 27, 2018 | Drill Deeper Blog
In yet another court decision in the wake of the O.W. Bunker collapse of 2014, the Fifth Circuit affirmed in Valero Mktg. & Supply Co. v. M/V Almi Sun, 893 F.3d 290 (5th Cir. 2018) that a vessel fuel supplier, performing under a subcontract with O.W. Bunker, does...