Legal Opinion
Riley v. Alexander/Ryan Marine Services Co.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided October 24, 2013No. Civil Action No. 3:12-CV-00158PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GREGG COSTA, District Judge.
A central issue in this case is whether the oil and gas spar platform in the Gulf of Mexico where Plaintiff Jerry Riley worked is a vessel. Riley alleges that while working on the platform he suffered spinal injuries when a survival craft he was testing released prematurely. Riley filed suit in this Court, bringing claims under the Jones Act and general maritime law against, among others, two British Petroleum entities: his employer, BP America Production Company, and the platform owner, BP Exploration and Production Inc. (collectively the “BP…
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