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