ETU v. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY WEST INDIES LABORATORY

Civ. No. 1985/115.

635 F.Supp. 290 (1986)

Peter ETU, Plaintiff, v. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY WEST INDIES LABORATORY, INC., Defendant.

District Court, Virgin Islands, D. St. Croix.

May 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Alkon, St. Croix, V.I., for plaintiff.

Wilfredo Geigel, Christiansted, St. Croix, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DAVID V. O'BRIEN, District Judge.

At issue in these cross-motions for partial summary judgment is whether the plaintiff can be considered a seaman, for purposes of the Jones Act, whether he is a seaman entitled to maintenance and cure, and whether releases he signed bar this suit against the defendant. A question of fact remains as to whether the plaintiff can be considered a seaman, for both the Jones Act and for maintenance...

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