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- Title
DETERMINING SEAMAN STATUS OF INTERMITTENT MARITIME EMPLOYMENT UNDER THE JONES ACT: NINTH CIRCUIT'S DECISION IN SOUTHARD.
- Authors
Morgan, Sarah
- Abstract
Despite the LHWCA [Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act] language, drawing the distinction between those maritime workers who should qualify as seamen and those who should not, has proved to be a difficult task and the source of much litigation--particularly because 'the myriad circumstances in which men go upon the water confront courts not with discrete classes of maritime employees, but rather with a spectrum ranging from the blue-water seaman to the land-based longshoreman.
- Subjects
MARITIME law; SAILORS; ADMIRALTY; EMPLOYMENT; JURISDICTION
- Publication
Loyola Maritime Law Journal, 2020, Vol 20, Issue 1, p167
- ISSN
1545-2506
- Publication type
Article