LANE v. TRIPP

No. 3D00-2195.

788 So.2d 351 (2001)

Frederick LANE, Appellant, v. Jane G. TRIPP, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sweetapple, Broeker & Varkas, Boca Raton, and Paul B. Feltman, for appellant.

Horr, Novak & Skipp and Johnathan Skipp and Stephanie H. Wylie, Miami, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and RAMIREZ, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Frederick Lane, the plaintiff below, appeals from adverse orders granting summary judgment on his Jones Act negligence and unseaworthiness claims. For the following reasons, we reverse.

The plaintiff, a seaman, was employed by the defendant, Jane Tripp, as a crew member on her 90-foot yacht. On July 14, 1994, during the course of a voyage to Maine, the vessel stopped in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The crew started to clean the vessel. After cleaning...

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