5th Circuit Reinstates Claims Brought By Contractor Injured Falling Off Ladder

Mealey's (September 11, 2018, 10:52 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The owner of a Louisiana casino vessel and a hotel could be liable for injuries a contractor’s employee sustained when he fell off a ladder set up to span a gap between the vessel and building, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals concluded Aug. 27.  It reversed and remanded for the lower court to revisit whether the owner exercised operational control over the contractor’s work and whether it authorized an unsafe practice (Tyler Renwick v. PNK Lake Charles LLC, No. 17-30767, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 24245)....