United States First Circuit

In a suit for damages stemming from a workplace injury aboard a vessel, dismissal of plaintiff's Jones Act claim is reversed where the district court erred when it determined that plaintiff was not a "seaman" for Jones Act purposes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/09/2005
• Published 08/10/2005

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David B. Kaplan, Thomas M. Bond, and The Kaplan/Bond Group on supplemental brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Frederick E. Connelly, Jr., and Peabody & Arnold LLP on supplemental brief for appellee.