William Clark v. American Marine & Salvage, LLC

This appeal presents the issue whether an employee who performs a variety of tasks, including marine repairs, with most of his work on land, but other work on water, qualifies as a seaman under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 30104, and general maritime law. The district court ruled that William Clark was not a seaman and entered summary judgment in favor of American Marine and against Clark’s complaint of unseaworthiness and maintenance and cure, under maritime law, and negligence, under the Jones Act. Because the record establishes that Clark’s work had no substantial connection to a vessel in…