Legal Opinion
Gary Ammar, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. United States of America, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, Bay Ship Management, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 29, 2003No. Docket 02-6047, 02-6048PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Gary Ammar appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, following a bench trial before Reena Raggi, then -District Judge, awarding him $364,309 against defendant United States under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, and general principles of maritime law, for injuries sustained as a result of negligence and unseaworthiness while working as a seaman on a United States naval ship. The district court found that Ammar’s injuries were caused in part by negligence on the part of Ammar himself, and it pro…
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