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Gordon, Elias & Seely, L.L.P. - Unseaworthiness
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STEVE GORDON: This topic I would like to talk about the, the Jones Act, but specifically what we call unseaworthiness. Now, I don't mean to say unseaworthy means that the boat doesn't float. You know, people say well, she floated, she must be seaworthy.
Well, as we know, because I have a bit of a time on the water as well, unseaworthiness does not mean that the boat, the boat doesn't float. It means that a particular item wasn't fit for its intended purpose.
And let me give you an example. Let's say that you're throwing a line and--to, to the dock and to tie off, and the line snaps because it's rotted. And let's say it comes back and hits somebody and injuries them. That person would have a claim under the Jones Act.
But though he would also be able to assert negligence, he would clearly have what we call an unseaworthiness claim because a line should not be rotted and should not break.
So I want you to understand that under the Jones Act there are two sort of avenues that you could down. One being negligence and one being unseaworthiness.
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