Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether under 46 U.S.C.A. § 30104 (The Jones Act) relaxed causation standard, requiring only that the employer's negligence play "any part, even the slightest, i.e. featherweight standard" in producing injury, applies to toxic tort claims involving scientific causation, or whether a plaintiff must meet the heightened Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993) style requirement for dose response and threshold exposure evidence.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether under the Jones Act's relaxed causation standard, a plaintiff must meet Daubert requirements for scientific causation in toxic tort claims
Docket Entries
2026-02-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
2026-01-22
Brief of Florida Marine Transporters, LLC in opposition submitted.
2026-01-22
Brief of respondent Florida Marine Transporters, LLC in opposition filed.
2025-12-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 22, 2026)
Attorneys
Calvin M. Constanza
John Maxwell Robin — Law Offices John M. Robin, Petitioner
Florida Marine Transporters, LLC
Corey Patrick Parenton — Staines & Eppling, APLC, Respondent