Shout out to our own Adam Davis, who spoke with KPLC 7News about the federal limitation action Callan Marine filed over the 2025 Cameron Parish dredging spill, causing damages to oystermen and fisherman. Adam explained how the Limitation of Liability Act, passed in 1851, lets a vessel owner ask a federal court to cap its liability. He also explained what he calls its most powerful effect: a stay that freezes every other related lawsuit and pulls the claims into one proceeding

By Michelle Pare Ricca On September 14th, the Coast Guard flipped the switch on Navita, its new online system for mariner credentialing. My own MMC renewal happened to be coming up, so I figured I'd go ahead and try submit my renewal application through it. Overall, the process was pretty straightforward. It wasn't instant, and I ended up calling the National Maritime Center twice along the way, but I got my renewal submitted without too much trouble. Here's what I ran into,

Conner v. REC Marine Logistics, LLC, No. 25-458 (E.D. La. Mar. 16, 2026) Introduction A Jones Act seaman who hides a heart attack on a pre-employment questionnaire may not later collect maintenance and cure when a second heart attack strikes on the job. That is the core holding in Conner v. REC Marine Logistics, LLC, where Judge Eldon E. Fallon of the Eastern District of Louisiana granted summary judgment against a seaman’s maintenance and cure and punitive damages claims, wh

Donahue v. Gnots-Reserve, Inc., No. 25-527 (E.D. La. Apr. 20, 2026) Introduction A federal judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana just handed down a decision that reads like a checklist for what not to do when defending a Jones Act injury claim. In Donahue v. Gnots-Reserve, Inc., Judge Jane Triche Milazzo denied all three motions the defendant vessel owner filed against an injured seaman. The ruling covers three separate but related issues: maintenance and cure, causation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Orleans, LA – August 19, 2026 — Adam Davis Law Firm is pleased to announce that Matthew Rogenes has joined the firm as an attorney. Rogenes brings extensive trial experience and a deep commitment to representing injured workers and their families in maritime injury, personal injury, and wrongful death cases. Rogenes concentrates his practice on jury trials involving maritime injuries, brain and spine trauma, commercial vehicle and eighteen-wheeler co

At Adam Davis Law Firm, we believe some moments are bigger than business. To honor this occasion, Adam’s son, James, memorized and recited Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address—one of the most enduring speeches in our nation’s history.

WHAT HAPPENED Curt Felix Dufrene, Jr. was navigating his fishing vessel on a waterway in Plaquemines Parish when his boat struck an unmarked, unlit wellhead or platform owned and operated by Pinnacle Energy, LLC. He sustained serious bodily injuries and suffered damage to his vessel and fishing business. In February 2026, Dufrene filed suit in the 25th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Plaquemines, asserting negligence claims under both Louisiana state law and general

We are pleased to share that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a $3.76 million maritime salvage award in favor of our clients—Nicholas, Troy, and André Currault, Lower River Ship Service, L.L.C., and Capt. Sidney Freeman (represented by co-salvage counsel)—arising from their extraordinary actions during Hurricane Ida. As the hurricane struck Southeast Louisiana in August 2021, dozens of unmanned barges owned by American River Transportation Company

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November 2025 – Eastern District of Louisiana In a recent decision, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana reaffirmed a core protection for maritime workers: Jones Act seamen can prove negligence entirely through circumstantial evidence. The Case The case arose from the death of a deckhand, Gage Garcia, who drowned while working aboard the M/V Honest Bob , operated by Cooper Marine, Inc. at Nucor Steel Louisiana’s facility on the Mississippi River. No o

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