Grady Hurley, a partner in the New Orleans office and co-leader of the firm’s maritime litigation and arbitration team, was featured in a Waterways Journal article “Fifth Circuit Will Rehear Seaman Status Question En Banc.” The article outlines the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision to withdraw a ruling reversing a lower court and agreeing to rehear the case of Sanchez v. Smart Fabricators of Texas en banc, and cites a previous article written by Grady in which he explains that the judges in this case are looking to resolve ambiguities and inconsistencies in the current Fifth Circuit test defining who is a Jones Act seaman. This case is expected to receive amicus briefs seeking to either maintain or narrow the current status test as it applies to offshore workers.