Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid

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  1. U.S. Fifth Circuit Clarifies “Substantial Nexus” Test for LHWCA

    Liskow & LewisDevin ReidAugust 19, 2020

    In Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid, the United States Supreme Court held that an injury “result[s] from” OCS extractive operations if it has a “substantial nexus” to those operations. 565 U.S. 207, 222 (2012). The plaintiffs argued the LHWCA applied to Mays’s death because of the accident’s ties to the OCS. Chevron argued the LHWCA could not apply because Mays’s death had no nexus to OCS operations because his direct employer had no such operations.