No. 25-750

Calvin M. Costanza v. Florida Marine Transporters, LLC

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2025-12-23
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Tags: causation-standard daubert-standard jones-act maritime-law scientific-evidence toxic-tort
Latest Conference: 2026-02-27
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

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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 height-ened 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.

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 RobinLaw Offices John M. Robin, Petitioner
John Maxwell RobinLaw Offices John M. Robin, Petitioner
Florida Marine Transporters, LLC
Corey Patrick ParentonStaines & Eppling, APLC, Respondent
Corey Patrick ParentonStaines, Eppling & Kenney LLC, Respondent