Law360 (May 21, 2021, 3:05 p.m. EDT) – The U.S. appeals court has shown keen interest in the recent Sanchez Fifth Circuit ruling against Smart Fabricators of Texas LLC and in speculation about how it passed a maritime worker status test redefined who works on a ship but is not involved in its navigation. This is especially true of offshore workers assigned to specialty vessels such as lifting equipment that were once considered seafarers under the Jones Act.
In Sanchez, the Fifth Circuit took the view that an offshore welder assigned to a jack-up drilling rig was not a seaman in the sense of …
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