Mealey's (March 4, 2019, 1:40 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Feb. 28 vacated a trial court’s ruling for oil drilling workers challenging their classification as independent contractors and rendered a judgment in favor of the drilling company (William Parrish, et al. v. Premier Directional Drilling, L.P., No. 17-51089, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 6115)....