Mays v. Chevron Pipe Line Co

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA PEGGY MAYS ET AL. CIVIL ACTION VERSUS CHEVRON PIPE LINE CO. ET AL. NO.: 14-3098-BAJ-CBW RULING AND ORDER Before the Court are Chevron’s Motions for Judgment as a Matter of Law or New Trial (Docs. 233, 234) concerning the application of Pac. Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid,

565 U.S. 207

(2012), and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 43 U.S.C. § 1333(b), to James Mays’s death. Section 1333(b) of the OCSLA extends the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. § 901, to injuries “occurring as the…