In Croke v. PPI Technology Services, L.P., et al., C.A. No. 14‐30424, ____ Fed. Appx. ____ (5th Cir. June 1, 2015), the Fifth Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a Jones Act claim brought by a Canadian oil rig worker who was allegedly injured off the coast of Nigeria. Robert Croke alleged that, while working aboard an oil rig off the coast of Nigeria, gunmen boarded the rig, kidnapped him and held him hostage for a number of days. Croke is a citizen of Canada. The district court dismissed Croke’s claim under the foreign seaman exclusion provisions of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. §30105(b). Continue reading >