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MORRIS v. MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY

409 Mass. 179 (1991)

565 N.E.2d 422

ROGER C. MORRIS, administrator, vs. MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY & others (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon S. Hartmere, Assistant Attorney General (Thomas F. Murphy, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the defendants.

Steven L. Hoffman (Lisa L. Locke with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

ABRAMS J.

On December 22, 1981, a fire aboard the Bay State, a training vessel used by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy (academy), killed Cadet Rodney C. Morris and severely injured Cadet Stephen A. Bianco. Bianco and Morris's estate brought actions in the Superior Court against the Academy, its board of trustees, the Board of Regents of Higher Education, and the Commonwealth.4 They allege (1) violation of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. &...

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