Gowdy v. Marine Spill Response Corp.

STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:

This personal injury Jones Act case presents two issues. The first is whether the district court erred by failing to act on an allegation that the defendant-appellee provoked the plaintiff-appellant's attorney to withdraw. The second is whether the district court erroneously granted summary judgment to the defendant-appellee because the plaintiff-appellant lacked expert medical evidence of causation. On the first issue, we affirm. On the second, we reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff-Appellant James Earlton Gowdy sued Defendant-Appellee Marine Spill…