AMMAR v. U.S.

Docket Nos. 02-6047, 02-6048.

342 F.3d 133 (2003)

Gary AMMAR, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, Bay Ship Management, Inc., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 29, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Matthews, New York, New York (Paul C. Matthews, New York, New York, on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

John Ingram, New York, New York (Julie Pateman Ward, Healy & Baillie, New York, New York; Robert D. McCallum, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Debra J. Kossow, Senior Admiralty Counsel, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York, on the brief) for Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, KEARSE, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.


KEARSE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Gary Ammar appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, following a bench trial before Reena Raggi, then-District Judge, awarding him $364,309 against defendant United States under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, and general principles of maritime law, for injuries sustained as a result of negligence and unseaworthines while working as a seman on a United...

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