Berard v. Swire Pacific Offshore

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA COREY BERARD CIVIL ACTION VERSUS SWIRE PACIFIC OFFSHORE, ET AL. NO. 22-00169-BAJ-EWD RULING AND ORDER Plaintiff Corey Berard alleges that on April 11, 2019, he was working aboard the vessel M/V PACIFIC DOLPHIN in the territorial waters of Equatorial Guinea when he was “struck by a rope while a winch drum was being secured and, as a consequence, violently thrown into an unsecured chain locker.” (Doc. 32 at ¶¶ 4-5, 10). He states that he suffered serious injuries, and now seeks damages from multiple Defendants, alleging negligence under…