Presented by the ABA TIPS Admiralty & Maritime Law Committee. Graciously hosted by Liskow & Lewis.

Featuring:

Yaakov Adler — Introductory remarks

Laura R. Beck — Punitive Damages Stowaway in the Fifth Circuit: McBride v. Estis Well Service, L.L.C.

James K. Dumont — Pleading Insanity in Piercing the Corporate Veil: Supplemental Rule E’s Heightened Pleading Standard Protects Polluting Shipowners in the Fourth Circuit

Destinee Finnin — Muddying Murky Waters: The Fifth Circuit’s Indecision in Barker v. Hercules Offshore, Inc. Leaves Choice of Law Under OCSLA and the Zone-of-Danger Theory Under Maritime Law Unanswered

Allison Fish — One Expensive Promise: The Fourth Circuit Broadens Shipowner Liability Under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act in Bunn v. Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co. KG

Bryan Kitz — Admiralty’s Vestigial Tail: The Fifth Circuit Revitalizes the Outdated Pennsylvania Rule

David R. Maass — Veiled Threats: Will the Second Circuit Hamstring Alter-Ego Claims by Applying Foreign Law?

Graham Halsey Williams — He Does Not Deserve it, But You Can’t Have it Back: The Right to Restitution in the Face of a Successful McCorpen Defense

Dean David D. Meyer — Closing remarks

Video by Peter F. Black / Edited by Carlos Avrard