Legal Opinion
Robert N. Britton v. U.S.S. Great Lakes Fleet, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 9, 2002No. 01-3567PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
In this maritime law case, Robert N. Britton appeals the district court’s order to grant summary judgment in favor of U.S.S. Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. (“Great Lakes”). He asks us to consider the following issues: (1) whether his failure to reveal an August 1997 back injury constituted a misrepresentation of his physical condition to Great Lakes, precluding an award of maintenance and cure; (2) whether his testimony regarding the number of available hands on deck at the time of his injury in order to prove negligence under the Jones Act and unseaworthiness was sufficient to…
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