Legal Opinion
Cruz O. Hernandez v. Trawler Miss Vertie Mae, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1999No. 98-1976PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge HAMILTON joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Cruz Hernandez, a captain of a scallop trawler, sustained injury while at sea when he hit his head on the pilot house doorway while responding to an apparent problem with a winch on the back deck. He sued the shipowner for negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.app. § 688(a), and for unseaworthiness under the general maritime law, alleging that he would not have bumped his head were it not for a problem with the winch and a defect in the…
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