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20 Loy. Mar. L.J. 1 (2020)

handle is hein.journals/loymarlj20 and id is 1 raw text is: TO LAND AND BACK: A WELDER'S VOYAGE ON A JACK-UP RIG Edwin B. Barnes* I. Introdu ction ....................................................................................... 1 II. S eam en ............................................................................................. 2 III. W ho Is a Seam an ........................................................................... 3 IV . Land H o! N ew Seam an ................................................................... 5 V. Gizoni and Stewart in the Fifth Circuit .......................................... 7 A . Endeavor M arine 2000 ................................................................... 7 B . G ra b 20 13 ........................................................................................ 8 C . N aquin 20 14 ................................................................................. 9 V I. S an chez ........................................................................................ . . 10 A. M otion for Rem and Denied ......................................................... 10 B. Sum m ary Decision Granted......................................................... 11 C. The First Fifth Circuit Panel Affirms......................................... 11 D. The Second Fifth Circuit Panel Reverses, and Rebukes Itself..... 12 E. The En Banc Panel Sends Seaman Back to the Sea.................. 13 V II. C onclusion ................................................................................... 14 I. Introduction The seaman has always eluded precise definition. Who qualifies for seaman status has grown from a hodge-podge of fact intensive situations that escape bright line rules. Perhaps the inquiry always returns to the perils of the sea. Even so, employers, employees, vessel owners, judges, and attorneys alike are surprised time and time again. Perhaps none were so surprised as Gilbert Sanchez, who after welding on two jack-up rigs one-step adjacent to an inland shoreside pier, received extraordinary attention from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. First, a panel comprised of Judges Higginbotham, Ho, and Engelhart affirmed the District Court's finding that he was not a seaman because the jack-up rigs he worked on were anchored to the * Edwin B. Barnes, University of San Francisco School of Law J.D., 2013; University of California San Diego M.A. 2009; Kenyon College B.A. 2006. Mr. Barnes is a Partner of the San Diego, California, office of Thomas Quinn, L.L.P. He is a member of the bar of the State of California, the District Courts of the Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, the Association of Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialists, the Longshore Claims Association, and is on the Steering Committee of Pacific Admiralty Seminar.

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