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BRASSEA v. PERSON

No. S-8371.

985 P.2d 481 (1999)

Julio BRASSEA, Appellant, v. Ward E. PERSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 13, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew W. Claman, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Donald K. McLean, James W. Talbot, Bauer, Moynihan & Johnson, Seattle, for Appellee.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, and BRYNER, Justices.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Seaman Julio Brassea suffered an inguinal hernia while working as a fisherman on the F/V DAPHNE S. While performing surgery to repair this hernia, the doctor discovered a second, unrelated Richter's hernia and performed a second surgery to repair it. The owner of the DAPHNE S. paid maintenance and cure for the costs associated with the first hernia, but not the second, contending that...

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