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HARPER v. US SEAFOODS LP

Admiralty
In a question of first impression in the Ninth Circuit, admiralty statute, 46 U.S.C. Section 10601, requires the signature of the master of the vessel...

GIFFORD v. AM. CANADIAN CARIBBEAN LINE, INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
District court's instructions on causation element of a maritime claim for unseaworthiness, taken as a whole, did not suggest that the jury should...

AYERS v. US

Admiralty
The Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 USC 741-752, applies to a claim that a river lock master negligently discharged water, causing drowning death of a...

BOUDREAUX v. US

Admiralty
An award of maintenance and cure damages is not duplicative of a seaman's award for future medical expenses to the extent the medical expense award is...

CHAO v. MALLARD BAY DRILLING, INC.

Admiralty, Labor & Employment Law
Coast Guard's refusal to regulate working conditions on "uninspected vessels" does not preclude OSHA regulations on those vessels.

ALEXANDER v. DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP. PROGRAMS

Admiralty, Workers' Compensation
Under 33 USC 903(e) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, an employee's settlements with prior employers for long term exposure injury...

WARD v. CROSS SOUND FERRY

Admiralty
Title 46 USC 183b(a), which permits a sea carrier to contractually limit the time period in which a suit for injuries may be filed by passengers, does...

DEWEERT v. STEVEDORING SERVS. OF AM.

Admiralty
Under the Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act, 33 USC 910, in determining whether a applicant has lost earning capacity due to work injury,...

US v. BUSTOS-USECHE

Admiralty, Criminal Law & Procedure
Individuals may not raise jurisdictional objections to searches under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 USC app. 1903, only nations of the...

DIESEL

Admiralty
Contract to "repower" ship's propulsion system is a contract for ship repair and thus admiralty law applies over state law claims.