Judith Barbara Williamson v. Western Pacific Dredging Corp., Judith Barbara Williamson v. Western Pacific Dredging Corp.

BROWNING, Circuit Judge,

We affirm the district court’s holding that in the particular circumstances of this case plaintiff’s decedent, a seaman employed aboard defendant’s dredge who lived at home and drove to and from work daily, was entitled to recover both maintenance and cure and damages under the Jones Act because of injuries sus tained in an automobile accident while commuting. See 304 F.Supp. 509 (D.Ore.1969).

Defendant argues that maintenance and cure should be available for shoreside injuries only when they are incurred on shore leave and that plaintiff’s decedent was not on shore…