EVANS v. UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO.

Civ. No. 89-5246(SSB).

767 F.Supp. 1284 (1991)

William W. EVANS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED ARAB SHIPPING COMPANY (S.A.G.) and M/V AL WATTYAH, her engines, boilers, equipment, etc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

July 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward V. Cattell, Jr., Jeffrey S. Moller, Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, Haddonfield, N.J., for plaintiff.

Cary Robert Wiener, William E. Bell, Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, Caldwell, N.J., for defendants.


FINDINGS OF FACT and CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

BROTMAN, District Judge:

In reaching its findings of fact and conclusions of law in this maritime suit for negligence, the court must confront an issue explicitly left open by the Supreme Court's recent decision in McDermott Internation, Inc. v. Wilander, ___ U.S. ___, 111 S.Ct. 807, 112 L.Ed.2d 866 (1991): whether a river pilot who is not permanently attached to a ship is a Jones Act seaman. Because the court...

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