RILEY v. ALEXANDER/RYAN MARINE SERVICES CO.

Civil Action No. 3:12-CV-00158.

983 F.Supp.2d 884 (2013)

Jerry Wayne RILEY, Plaintiff, v. ALEXANDER/RYAN MARINE SERVICES CO., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Galveston Division.

October 24, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew D. Shaffer, Schechter McElwee et al., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff.

John F. Unger, Royston Rayzor et al., Jeffrey B. McClure, Thomas W. Taylor, Andrew & Kurth LLP, Houston, TX, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GREGG COSTA, District Judge.

A central issue in this case is whether the oil and gas spar platform in the Gulf of Mexico where Plaintiff Jerry Riley worked is a vessel. Riley alleges that while working on the platform he suffered spinal injuries when a survival craft he was testing released prematurely. Riley filed suit in this Court, bringing claims under the Jones Act and general maritime law against, among others, two British...

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