In re Offshore Marine Contractors, Inc.

OPINION

Harvey Brown, Justice

Relator, Offshore Marine Contractors, Inc. (OMC), seeks a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its denial of OMC’s motion to allow its retained neu-ropsychological expert to examine Maurice Jones.1 Because we find OMC has shown that it is entitled to relief, we conditionally grant its petition.

Background

On January 7, 2015, Jones fell while working as a seaman for OMC aboard the L/B Olivia Grace. Jones reported losing consciousness after the fall and later, ringing in his ears, nausea, severe headaches, and confusion. Two days after the fall, Jones’s…