Sieracki Seaman Status Afforded by Fifth Circuit to Pilot
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 In Rivera v. Kirby Offshore Marine, L.L.C., the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit revisited the Sieracki seaman doctrine with respect to a pilot injured onboard a third-party vessel, allowing the pilot to recover from the third-party vessel owner under a theory of unseaworthiness. Captain Jay Rivera served as a Branch Pilot for the Port Aransas Bar and Corpus Christi Bay who piloted vessels transiting those areas. 983 F.3d 811 (5th Cir. 2020). Rivera was assigned to bring a vessel owned by Kirby Offshore Marine, L.L.C., from Port Aransas to ...
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