Section 22.17 Course of Employment

LibraryTort Law 2016

1. (§22.17) Course of Employment

The right of action afforded a seaman or the seaman’s representative by the Jones Act extends only to injuries or death incurred in the course of the seaman’s employment. The term "in the course of his employment" has greater coverage than accorded in compensation acts and has been equated with the maintenance-and-cure test of "service of the ship." Braen v. Pfeifer Oil Transp. Co., 361 U.S. 129 (1959).

An injury sustained aboard ship is deemed to be...

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