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85 Tul. L. Rev. 1075 (2010-2011)
The Deepwater Horizon Rig Disaster Issues of Personal Injury and Death

handle is hein.journals/tulr85 and id is 1083 raw text is: The Deepwater Horizon Rig Disaster: Issues of Personal Injury and Death John W deGravelles* J. Neale deGravellest I. INTRODUCTION. ............................ ......1075 II. FACTS................................... ......1076 III. JURISDICTION ............................ ...... 1078 IV APPLICABLE LAW ................... ............... 1081 A. Status of the Workers ............................1081 B. Seaman Status.... ............ ...... 1082 C Seamen & Rights andRemedies-Injuy........................ 1084 D Seamen 1& Surviors 'Rights andRemedies-Death....... 1085 E. LHWCA Maitizme Workers-Coveage ..... .....1087 E Injured LHWCA Maitime Workers-TortRghts andRemedies ................... ........1087 G. Death ofLHWCA Maritime Workers-Remedies........1090 H Other Workers-Injury and Death .............. 1090 L PRitive Damages. .......................... 1090 V DISCUSSION. ............................. .......1098 I. INTRODUCTION On April 20, 2010, the mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) Deepwater Horizon exploded and caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven (11) workers were killed and seventeen (17) were injured. Three days later the rig sank, and millions of gallons of oil escaped into the Gulf of Mexico until the well was finally capped on July 15, 2010. © 2011 John W deGravelles and J. Neale deGravelles. * John W deGravelles is a partner in the firm of deGravelles, Palmintier, Holthaus, & Frug6, L.L.P, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is a member of the adjunct faculty at LSU Law School, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, and has taught maritime personal injury at Tulane University Law School's Summer Session in Rhodes, Greece, since 1993. t J. Neale deGravelles is a partner in the firm of deGravelles, Palmintier, Holthaus & Frug6, L.L.P Both authors represent the family of Gordon Lewis Jones in pending litigation arising out of the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon. 1075

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