Legal Opinion
Manu v. United States
United States Circuit Court
Decided June 6, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-00153-KD-BPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRISTI K. DuBOSE, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The age-old question of how many people does it take to change a light bulb has reached federal court. The matter is currently before the undersigned on Defendant's motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 52-54). Defendant contends it only takes one Second Engineer to change a light bulb. Plaintiff asserts, for the first time in his response, that assigning less than two people is proof that the Chief Engineer of the vessel was negligent under the Jones Act. Moreover, Plaintiff alleges that the ship was unseaworthy because he was not provided…
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