Maritime Casualty
Successors’ Use of Prior Pre-Employment Medical Exams
- November 24, 2015
- By Allen & Gooch
In Meche v. Doucet, 777 F.3d 237 (5th Cir. 2015), the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals discussed a Jones Act employer’s McCorpen defense to the payment of maintenance and cure benefits. To successfully establish the defense, the employer must show (1) the claimant intentionally misrepresented or concealed medical facts; (2) the non-disclosed facts were […]
