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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