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OMAR v. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC.

Nos. 85-4241, 85-4300.

813 F.2d 986 (1987)

Yahya M.A. OMAR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., a foreign corporation, and the M/V ENDURANCE, Defendants-Appellants. Yahya M.A. OMAR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., a corporation, and the M/V ENDURANCE, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Geisness, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Vincent R. Larson, Rodney L. Brown, Jr., Seattle, Wash., for defendants-appellants.

Before GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.

FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

Sea-Land appeals from a jury verdict for Yahya Omar, plaintiff in a personal injury suit arising from a fall on board one of Sea-Land's ships. Omar's suit included claims for maintenance and cure under general maritime law, for negligence under the Jones Act, and for breach of the warranty of seaworthiness. Sea-Land argues that Omar's use of fraudulent papers in obtaining employment bars him from receiving maritime remedies related to that employment...

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