Panel Denies Maritime Insurer’s Rehearing Petition In Suit Over Seaman’s Injuries

(November 13, 2023, 12:40 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied an insurer’s petition seeking a panel rehearing challenging its ruling that the insurer has a duty to pay the maintenance and cure under a maritime protection and indemnity (P&I) insurance policy for a seaman’s injuries that he incurred while employed on a lift boat....