Ili v. American Seafoods Co.

MEMORANDUM *

Samson Ili has two causes of action at issue on appeal: negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 30104, and unseaworthiness under maritime common law, Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc., 362 U.S. 539, 547-50, 80 S.Ct. 926, 4 L.Ed.2d 941 (1960). There are triable issues of material facts as to whether requiring a 16-hour work day, seven days a week, for months at a time, is negligent or creates an unsea-worthy condition; and whether such negligence or unseaworthiness caused Ili to fall when the ship rolled during the last hour of his 16-hour shift. The district court granted…