Etu v. Fairleigh Dickinson University West Indies Laboratory, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

At issue in these cross-motions for partial summary judgment is whether the plaintiff can be considered a seaman, for purposes of the Jones Act, whether he is a seaman entitled to maintenance and cure, and whether releases he signed bar this suit against the defendant. A question of fact remains as to whether the plaintiff can be considered a seaman, for both the Jones Act and for maintenance and cure, while working as a support diver on a hydrolab mission. The plaintiff cannot be considered a seaman, for either the Jones Act or for maintenance and cure, after the…