December has been a busy month for opponents and proponents of the Jones Act. On Dec. 5th Senator McCain called for "Deregulation of the American Maritime Industry, citing a 2002 study published by the United States International Trade Commission which, "suggested...
Court's have continue to struggle towards a working criteria to mark the boundaries between seamen and land workers. The difference is important in regard to filing a claim for bodily injury. Those having seaman status are afforded the right to sue an employer for...
With respect to the second, or substantial connection prong of the test, Supreme court emphasized that the "fundamental purpose" of this requirement is "to separate the sea-based maritime employees who are entitled to Jones Act protection from those land-based workers...