Supreme Court to hear case of worker killed offshore

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether an employee must be injured on the outer continental shelf to be eligible for workers compensation benefits under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The case, Pacific Operators Offshore L.L.P. vs. Luisa L. Valladolid et al., stems from a May 13, 2010, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling involving the widow of worker Juan Valladolid.