Perez v. Marine Transport Lines, Inc.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.

The question presented by this case is the status of the plaintiff at the time of his injury. Specifically, was the injury covered by the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act 1 or by the Jones Act 2 and the general maritime law?

Perez was by occupation a seaman and a member of the National Maritime Union. He, along with others, was sent from the hiring hall of the Union to the USNS Mission Loretto, 3 not to serve as' regular members of the crew of that vessel, but to give her tanks one final cleaning prior to inspection by U. S. Navy officials…