Update: On February 5, 165th District Judge Elizabeth Ray set aside an order to dismiss without prejudice Jamal Pittman v. Hercules Offshore, Inc. Neither Anthony Buzbee, Pittman’s initial counsel, nor Berney Strauss, who represents Pittman now, returned a call at press time about this development.
A seaman who says he was hurt on an offshore drilling vessel has swapped out his lawyers, dismissed his state court suit and filed a federal suit. But his first set of lawyers Houston plaintiffs Anthony G. Buzbee and the Buzbee Law Firm appear none too happy. They had filed a motion to intervene in the state court suit, seeking to bring claims against the seaman and his new lawyer.
