Legal Opinion
MacDonald v. Kahikolu, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 10, 2009No. 08-15239PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
For a second time, plaintiff Christopher MacDonald appeals the district court’s judgment after a bench trial in his Jones Act suit against defendant Kahikolu, Ltd. MacDonald worked as a crew member aboard one of Kahikolu’s ships and was injured while performing a “free dive,” an underwater dive done on a single breath without scuba equipment or other underwater breathing apparatus. In a prior opinion, a separate panel of this court vacated the district court’s judgment, and remanded for the district court to consider whether Kahikolu’s failure to comply with Coast…
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