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Mr. Mays was killed on a platform in Louisiana state waters in October of 2014 when a valve stem and cap blasted off and struck him in the head. Mr. Mays’ family was told he was killed because he removed the “wrong” part of the valve. The Mays family knew Mr. Mays had a reputation as a skillful and safe valve technician and knew there was more to the story than they were being told. So they hired the Bradley & Steele Law Firm to investigate to determine what really happened. During litigation it was discovered that the valve was wrapped in a protective coating that obscured the identity of the manufacturer of the valve. It was also discovered that in its Annual Valve Inspection records, Chevron had misidentified the valve for 15 years. Had the valve been the type represented in Chevron’s records, the valve stem would not have been ejected when the crew removed the part.

Chevron claimed it was immune from suit as the “statutory employer” of Mr. Mays, based on a Louisiana state law defense. However, because Bradley & Steele proved that there was a “substantial nexus” between Mr. Mays’ death and Chevron’s operations conducted on the Outer Continental Shelf for the purpose of extracting and transporting natural resources, federal law applied and Chevron did not get the benefit of the Louisiana state law defense.

This was a hard-fought case from the beginning. The trial court judge originally threw the case out on a Motion for Summary Judgment in February of 2016. Ms. Pierce immediately filed a Motion for Reconsideration asking the court to reconsider its ruling and further explained the evidence. An agonizing 11 months later, the trial court judge reversed her decision and reinstated the Mays’ family case. The trial court judge said she had only reversed her decisions three times during her career.

The hard work of Ms. Pierce, Mr. Bradley and Ms. Leger paid off on Monday when the Federal 5th Circuit upheld the jury’s verdict against Chevron.

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Many of our clients, along with other businesses, have asked us to review their insurance policies to see if the business interruption provision in their policy covers this down time. Bradley & Steele is determined to assist affected businesses.

We are reviewing insurance policies, free of charge, to explore available options under the business interruption coverage. If you would like Bradley & Steele to review your company’s insurance coverage, free of charge, feel free to message us on Facebook, give us a call at 409-724-6644, or email us at inquiry@bradlaw.net.

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The Texas Supreme Court agreed with Bradley & Steele, LLP and the Constables Association finding that deputy constables are “police officers” under the Act Collective Bargaining Act.

This is a great win for local deputy constables and deputy constables across the state of Texas.

Bradley & Steele, LLP is honored to have been able to represent the Jefferson County Constables Association in conjunction with the Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT).

Full opinion: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/tx-supreme-court/1893975.html

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