Legal Opinion
Barlow v. Liberty Maritime Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 4, 2014No. Docket No. 13-0254-cvPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESLEY, Circuit Judge:
George Barlow started going to sea as a deck hand in 1974. He was twenty-three. In 1986, after working aboard ships for more than a decade, and without ever having attended college, he passed the merchant marine officer’s exam, licensing him to serve as an officer aboard U.S. flagged cargo vessels. In 1992 he received his master’s license, the merchant marine equivalent of a captain’s qualification. Now retired, Barlow never actually took command of a ship, but did spend his whole career at sea aboard various vessels. In March 2007, Barlow took a job as third mate on the…
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