Robert dePerrodil v. Bozovic Marine, Incorporated

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

In this maritime-tort action for injuries arising out of plaintiffs being taken to a work site on a vessel operated by defendant, a third-party tortfeasor, primarily at issue is whether the collateral-source rule allows plaintiff to recover, the unpaid, written-off portion of his billed medical expenses, when the remaining, paid portion of the billed expenses was through workers’-compensation insurance provided by his non-tortfeasor employer, pursuant to the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA). Also at issue are: whether liability can…