right of action have rejected Vitcovich. See, e.g., Am. River Transp. Co. v. Benson, 2012 WL 5936535, at *5 (N.D.Ill.2012); Hardison v. Abdon Callais Offshore, LLC, 2012 WL 2878636, at *7 (E.D.La.2012); Dolmo v. Galliano Tugs, Inc., 2011 WL 6817824, at *2 (E.D.La. Dec. 28, 2011), aff'd without opinion, 479 Fed.Appx. 656 (5th Cir.2012); see also Kirk v. Allegheny Towing Inc., 620 F.Supp. 458, 461 (W.D.Pa.1985). 7 . See Karim v. Finch Shipping Co. Ltd., 374 F.3d 302, 310 (5th Cir.2004) ("[T]he protection of seamen was one of the principal reasons for the development of admiralty as a distinct branch of law.” (citation omitted)). 8 . See Wood v. Diamond M Drilling Co., 691 F.2d 1165, 1171 (5th Cir.1982). 9 . Wood, 691 F.2d at 1171 (internal quotation marks omitted) (<HOLDING>). 10 . An employer's successful McCorpen
holding that district court had discretion to decline to offset severance and unemployment payments from damages award holding that the utility did not carry its burden of proof by merely opening its books to inspection holding that a jury cannot award damages for medical expenses and lost wages without also awarding damages for pain and suffering where the plaintiff was injured due to the defendants negligence holding that committee failed to carry its ultimate burden holding that employer failed to carry its burden to demonstrate that its past payment of maintenance and cure entitled it to an offset against jones act damages award for lost wages