Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied April 25, 1990.
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
I.
Issue
Maintenance is the payment by a shipowner to a seaman for the seaman's food and lodging expenses incurred while he is ashore as a result of illness or accident. Both parties agree that the issue before us on this appeal is of substantial importance to the United States maritime industry: whether a seaman is bound...
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