Foster v. Maritrans, Inc.

STEVENS, J.:

¶ 1 Maritrans Operating Partners, L.P. (Maritrans) appeals from a December 11, 2000 judgment in favor of Robert and Ann Foster.

¶ 2 The record before us reveals that Robert Foster was employed as a merchant seaman on February 29, 1996, when he slipped and fell on the icy deck of a tugboat owned and operated by Mari-trans. On February 6, 1998, Foster and his wife filed a civil action against Mari-trans, alleging that Maritrans was negligent under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688 et seq.,1 and that the tugboat was unseaworthy under general maritime law.

¶ 3 On May 2, 2000, a jury…