Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Clark, No. 14-23-00400-CV, 2025 WL 597052 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Feb. 25, 2025, no pet. h.) (mem. op.).

Obtained reversal of a $3.8 million jury verdict and rendition of a take-nothing judgment from the Houston Fourteenth Court of Appeals in a maritime personal-injury case under the Jones Act and federal common law. Holding that the jury had no legally sufficient evidence to find that a fight occurred in the scope of an employee's employment or in service of the ship, the Court disposed of his personal-injury claims as a matter of law. The decision adds an important precedent defining the meaning of “course and scope of employment” for employers in the maritime industry throughout Texas.