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SMITH v. DELAWARE BAY LAUNCH SERVICE, INC.

Civil Action No. 92-336-SLR.

972 F.Supp. 836 (1997)

Ralph E. SMITH, Jr., Plaintiff, v. DELAWARE BAY LAUNCH SERVICE, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter E. Hess, Wilmington, DE, for Plaintiff.

Michael B. McCauley, Palmer, Biezup & Henderson, Wilmington, DE, (Richard Q. Whelan, David P. Thompson, Palmer, Biezup & Henderson, Philadelphia, PA, of counsel), for defendant.

OPINION

SUE L. ROBINSON, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Ralph E. Smith, Jr. initiated this litigation on June 8, 1992 against defendant Delaware Bay Launch Service, his former employer. (D.I.1) He sought maintenance and cure, damages for unreasonable failure to pay maintenance and cure, and damages for unseaworthiness and negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, in relation to three shipboard accidents occurring in December...

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