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CUNNINGHAM v. INTERLAKE S.S. CO.

No. 07-4017.

567 F.3d 758 (2009)

Andrew CUNNINGHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERLAKE STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John V. Scharon, Jr., Pepper Pike, Ohio, for Appellant. Irene C. Keyse-Walker, Tucker, Ellis & West, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John V. Scharon, Jr., Pepper Pike, Ohio, for Appellant. Irene C. Keyse-Walker, Jeffrey A. Healy, Benjamin C. Sasse, Tucker, Ellis & West, LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: DAUGHTREY, CLAY, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

MARTHA CRAIG DAUGHTREY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents a question of first impression in this circuit concerning the timeliness of a seaman's suit for maintenance and cure—the federal common law duties of a shipowner to provide food, lodging, and medical care for an employee injured while in the service of his ship. In addition to a maintenance-and-cure claim against defendant Interlake Steamship Company, plaintiff Andrew Cunningham also...

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