Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid
ELR Citation:
42
ELR
20009
No(s). 10-507
(U.S. Jan 11, 2012)
The U.S. Supreme Court held that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) extends workers compensation coverage to an employee who can establish a substantial nexus between his injury and his employer's extractive operations on the outer continental shelf (OCS). The case arose after the emp...