Legal Opinion
Moran Towing & Transportation, Co. v. Whitney Lombas
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 16, 1995No. 870, Docket 94-7286PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge:
This ease concerns an issue of first impression involving the venerable maritime doctrine of maintenance and cure, which requires the shipowner to provide food and lodging (“maintenance”) and necessary medical services (“cure”) for a seaman who is injured or becomes ill while in the employ of the ship. More precisely, this appeal presents the question whether a shipowner has a cure obligation when Medicare is available to the seaman.
The seaman defendant appeals from a declaratory judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York…
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