Table of Contents

• THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE

 

• CASE LAW
• I. IN GENERAL

• A. General Principles
• B. Relationship to Other Available Remedies

• 1. Traditional Maritime Remedies
• 2. Remedies Provided by Federal Statute
• 3. Remedies Provided by State or Territorial Law

• C. Applicability to Foreign Ships, Seamen, and Occurrences

• 1. In General
• 2. Place of Injury
• 3. Nationality or Ownership of Vessel

• a. In General
• b. Foreign Ownership
• c. Foreign Flag Vessels Owned or Operated by American Interests

• 4. Nationality of Seaman
• 5. Other Factors

• II. PERSONS ENTITLED TO RECOVER

• A. Seamen

• 1. General Principles

• a. In General
• b. Tests for Determining Status as Seaman

• 2. Employed on “Vessel in Navigation”

• a. In General
• b. Status of Vessel
• c. Particular Vessels

• 3. Particular Persons as Seamen

• B. Representatives or Beneficiaries of Seamen

• III. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

• A. In General
• B. Particular Persons or Entities as Employers
• C. Injury as Sustained in Course of Employment

• IV. NEGLIGENCE

• A. In General
• B. Vicarious Liability

• 1. In General
• 2. Particular Acts of Crew

• C. Circumstances of Injury

• 1. Assault

• a. In General
• b. Assaults Among Crew and Officers

• 2. Improper Management and Supervision

• a. In General
• b. Particular Acts Supervised

• 3. Medical Care
• 4. Physical Properties of Vessel and Dock
• 5. Other Circumstances

• V. DEFENSES

• A. Seaman’s Acts or Omissions

• 1. Contributory and Comparative Negligence
• 2. Assumption of Risk
• 3. Contributory Negligence and Assumption of Risk Under Particular Circumstances

• B. Release
• C. Limitations of Actions

• 1. Statutory Limitations
• 2. Laches

• D. Collateral Estoppel and Res Judicata
• E. Limitation of Liability
• F. Other Defenses

• VI. DAMAGES

• A. In General
• B. Damages for Personal Injury

• 1. Elements of Damages
• 2. Deductions From Award

• C. Damages for Wrongful Death

• 1. Elements of Damages
• 2. Computation of Award

• VII. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

• A. State Court Actions
• B. Jurisdiction

• 1. In General
• 2. Bases of Jurisdiction

• C. Venue

• 1. In General
• 2. Bases of Venue
• 3. Forum Non Conveniens

• D. Election of Alternative Remedies

• 1. In General
• 2. Electing Particular Remedies

• E. Institution of Action
• F. Pleadings and Motions

• 1. Complaint
• 2. Answer
• 3. Motions

• G. Removal and Remand
• H. Discovery
• I. Jury

• 1. Right To Jury Trial
• 2. Submission of Issues

• J. Evidence

• 1. In General
• 2. Plaintiff’s Burden of Proof
• 3. Defendant’s Burden of Proof
• 4. Admissibility of Evidence

• K. Appeal and Review
• L. Settlement