Marine Solution Services, Inc. v. Horton

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Thomas Horton suffered compound fractures in both legs while moving a barge from Pickworth Dock in Anchorage. Horton sued Marine Solution Services, the owner of the vessel and the company for which he served as president and chief executive officer, for unseaworthiness under traditional maritime law and for negligence under the Jones Act. A jury returned a verdict for Horton and awarded him $1,184,878.85. Marine Solution Services appeals several of the jury instructions, focusing on whether Horton was an employee and seaman entitled to a remedy under…