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such as the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U. S.C. §§ 904-907.
8 Diamond Offshore Co. v. A&B Builders, Inc., 302 F.3d 531, 541-42 (5th Cir. 2002). 9 Theriot v. Bay Drilling Corp., 783 F.2d 527, 538-539 (5th Cir. La. 1986); Laredo Offshore Constructors Inc. v. Hunt Oil Co., 754 F.2d 1223, 1230-31 (5th Cir. 1985).
10 Theriot, 783 F.2d at 538.
11 Davis & Sons, Inc. v. Gulf Oil Corp.
919 F.2d 313, 316 (5th Cir. 1990).
12 See, e.g., Tehriot, 783 F.2d 538-39 (finding that services necessary to drill and complete a well provided from a submersible drilling barge was maritime in nature); Diamond Offshore Co. v. A&B Builders, Inc., 75 F. Supp. 2d 676 (S.D. Tex. 1999) (finding that rig repair performed on semi-submersible rig was maritime in nature); In Dickerson v. Continental Oil Co., 449 F.2d 1209 (5th Cir. 1971) (finding that a contract was not maritime in nature when it involved drilling activities to take place on a fixed drilling platform). But see Texaco Exploration & Production, Inc. v. AmClyde Engineered Products Co., 448 F.3d 760, 771 (5th Cir. 2006) (finding that use of crane on a vessel to lift a deck module onto a tower lacked sufficient connection to traditional maritime activities because the accident “arises not from traditionally maritime activities but from the development of the resources of the Outer Continental Shelf.”).
13 Dupre v. Penrod Drilling Corp., 993 F.2d 474 (5th Cir. 1993) (applying Texas law under choice of law provision); Hardy v. Gulf Oil Corp., 949 F.2d 826, 834 (5th Cir. 1992); Randall v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc., 788 F. Supp. 1391, 1395 (E.D. La. 1992). Maritime law will enforce a contractual choice of law provision unless (i) the chosen forum has no substantial relationship to the parties or the transaction, (ii) the chosen forum conflicts with the fundamental purpose of general maritime law, which is the protection of maritime commerce. Sisson v. Ruby, 497 U.S. 358, 367 (1990); Stoot v. Fluor Drilling Servs., Inc., 851 F.2d 151 (5th Cir. 1988).
14 Hodgen v. Forest Oil Corp., 87 F.3d 1512, 1528, 1997 AMC 140, 164 (5th Cir. 1996) (applying Louisiana law); Campbell v. Sonat Offshore Drilling, Inc., 979 F.2d 1115, 1126 (5th Cir. 1992) (applying Texas law).
15 In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig, “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9005, at 21 (E.D. La. Jan. 26, 2012) (hereafter, the Macondo Opinion) (citing Dresser Indus., Inc. v. Page Petroleum, Inc., 853 S. W.2d 505, 507-08 ( Tex. 1993).
16 Id. (citing St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins.
Co. v. Universal Builders, Supply, Inc., 409 F.3d 73, 86 (2d Cir. 2005)).
699 F.2d 725, 728 n. 11 (5th Cir. 1983).
913 F.2d 1149, 1153 (5th Cir. 1990).
654 F.2d 329, 333 (5th Cir. 1981).
20 Gross negligence has been defined somewhat circularly as “harm willfully inflicted or caused by gross or wanton negligence.” Todd Shipyards Corp. v. Turbine Serv., Inc., 674 F.2d 401, 411 (5th Cir. 1982).
21 See generally Macondo Opinion.
Mark Worden is a senior associate in the Houston office of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. He joined the firm in 2003 and has a law degree and an MBA from the University of Oklahoma.
22 Macondo Opinion at 28.
24 See, e.g., Royal Insurance Co. v. Southwest Marine, 194 F.3d 1009, 1016 (9th Cir. 1999); La Esperanza de P.R., Inc. v. Perez y Cia. de Puerto Rico, Inc., 124 F.3d 10, 19 (1st Cir. 1997).
25 TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN.
26 Id. at. § 127.003. See also Haring v. Bay Rock Corp., 773 S. W.2d 676, 678-79 (Tex. App.-San Antonio 1089, no writ). .
27 Id. at § 127.005. See also Getty Oil Co. v. Insurance Co. of N. Am., 845 S. W.2d 794, 802-03 (Tex. 1992).
28 Id. at § 127.005(b).
29 Id. at § 127.005(c).
Co. v. Gulf Island Fabrication, 920 F.
467 F. Supp. 1257, 1298 (E.D. La. 1978).

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