Plaintiff, captain of a barge transporting sludge, was severely injured when an allegedly faulty light switch caused the barge to explode. Under the Jones Act, an employer of seamen, and in some circumstances, the owner of the vessel, may be liable to a seaman injured in the course of his employment. Plaintiff claims here that the mortgagee of the vessel is also liable.
In order for a mortgagee, not the holder of an equitable title, to be held to be the employer for...
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